P53F:
Planetary Science General Contributions I Posters


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Session ID#: 54415

Session Description:
Planetary exploration is a diverse and exciting field covering a broad range of scientific topics. This session contains planetary science abstracts across a variety of areas that did not have a natural fit in other Planetary Sciences sessions.  Topics include, but are not limited to, numerical and theoretical investigation of the planets and their behavior, data analysis, future mission concepts and planetary science policy.
Primary Convener:  Michael Mischna, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Conveners:  Conor A Nixon, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Planetary Systems Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Padma A Yanamandra-Fisher, Space Science Institute, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Michael Mischna, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Chairs:  Conor A Nixon, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Planetary Systems Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Padma A Yanamandra-Fisher, Space Science Institute, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Michael Mischna, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Index Terms:

5499 General or miscellaneous [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS]
5799 General or miscellaneous [PLANETARY SCIENCES: FLUID PLANETS]
6099 General or miscellaneous [PLANETARY SCIENCES: COMETS AND SMALL BODIES]
6299 General or miscellaneous [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Understanding the nuclear emissions from metal bodies through experiment: Preparation for the Psyche Mission to a metal world (466292)
Lena Heffern1, Morgan Burks2, Vladimir V. Mozin3, GeonBo B. Kim3, David J Lawrence4, Patrick N Peplowski5, Linda T Elkins-Tanton1, Laurence A J Garvie1, Tim McCoy6, Thomas H Prettyman7 and The Psyche Science Team, (1)Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, (2)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, United States, (3)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States, (4)Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States, (5)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, (6)National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Mineral Sciences, Washington, United States, (7)Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ, United States
Overview of Recent Results from Opportunity’s Investigation of Endeavour Crater and Perseverance Valley (421503)
Abigail Fraeman, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, Steven W Squyres, Cornell Univ, Ithaca, NY, United States, Raymond E Arvidson, Washington University in St Louis, Earth and Planetary Sciences, St. Louis, MO, United States, Matthew P Golombek, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States and Mars Exploration Rover Athena Science Team
InSight on the Surface of Mars: Status and Plans (462857)
William Bruce Banerdt1, Dr. Suzanne E Smrekar, PhD1 and The InSight Team, (1)JPL/NASA/Caltech, Pasadena, United States
The Europa Clipper Mission: Science Objectives and Mission Status Update (420830)
Christina Richey1, Robert T Pappalardo1, David Senske2, Haje Korth3, Kathleen L Craft3, Rachel L Klima4, Cynthia B Phillips5 and The Europa Clipper Mission Science Team, (1)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, (2)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, (4)JHU Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, United States, (5)JPL/NASA/Caltech, Pasadena, CA, United States
Preparation for the Planetary Decadal Survey: The 2018 MEPAG Goals Document and Plans for 2019 Updates (433537)
Serina Diniega1, Donald J Banfield2, Jeffrey Roy Johnson3, Richard W Zurek1, David W Beaty1 and MEPAG Goals Committee, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)Cornell University, Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, Ithaca, NY, United States, (3)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
The Science of Mars Sample Return (394211)
David W Beaty, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Brandi L Carrier, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, Harry Y McSween Jr, University of Tennessee, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Knoxville, TN, United States, Monica Grady, Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7, United Kingdom, Elliot Sefton-Nash, European Space Research and Technology Centre, Noordwijk Zh, Netherlands and iMOST Committee
The Importance of Scientifically Selected Sample Suites to Achieving Mars Returned Sample Science Objectives (369093)
Brandi L Carrier1, David W Beaty1, Monica Grady2, Harry Y McSween Jr3, Elliot Sefton-Nash4 and iMOST Team, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7, United Kingdom, (3)University of Tennessee, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Knoxville, TN, United States, (4)Birkbeck, University of London, London, United Kingdom
An examination of atmospheric water vapor as a potential source for recurring slope lineae on Mars (394675)
Danielle Nuding, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Raina V Gough, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, Scott Guzewich, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Anthony D Toigo, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States and Margaret A Tolbert, University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Chemistry and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, United States
Morphometric characteristics of recurring slope lineae initiation and termination points on Mars: elevation, slope, and thermal inertia distinguish RSL-forming sites (465606)
Michelle Tebolt1, Sean Corrigan1, Adrian Heath2, Chelsea Jacques1, Patrick Matulka3, Hayley Pearson1, Norbert Schorghofer4, Timothy A Goudge5 and Joseph Levy6, (1)Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, United States, (2)Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, United States, (3)Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States, (4)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States, (5)The University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, United States, (6)Colgate University, Geology, Hamilton, NY, United States
Seasonal Frost as Source of Liquid Water on Mars (445033)
Norbert Schorghofer, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ, United States, Joseph Levy, Colgate University, Geology, Hamilton, NY, United States and Timothy A Goudge, The University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, United States
Salt Migration in Mars-like Permafrost Soil. (425600)
Jamie Miller, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, Michael T Mellon, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States and Hanna Sizemore, Planetary Science Institute, Tuscon, United States
A Quasi-Spectral Index for Identifying Chloride Minerals using THEMIS Multispectral Thermal Infrared Images (455210)
Jonathon Ryan Hill and Philip R Christensen, Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, AZ, United States
CRISM Atmospheric Correction with DISORT: Variation of Pressure and Opacity Input Parameters on Derived Single Scattering Albedo and Linear Unmixing (418261)
Allison M Zastrow, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States and Timothy D Glotch, Stony Brook University, Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook, NY, United States
Extreme Collapse Associated with Volcanism on Mars: The Geologic Puzzle of Ganges Cavus (374034)
Joseph Michalski, University of Hong Kong, Dept of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Neukum crater and surrounding eastern Noachis Terra: Integrated local and regional photogeologic mapping of Mars’ ancient highlands (417197)
Hannes Bernhardt, Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, United States, David A Williams, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States and Harald Hiesinger, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany
The Evolution of Margaritifer Basin, Mars (379392)
John A Grant III, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, Washington, DC, United States and Sharon A. Wilson, Smithsonian Inst--CEPS, Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, Washington, DC, United States
Investigating a link between scalloped depressions and topography in Utopia Planitia on Mars (439147)
Laurence Tognetti, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, Tanya Harrison, Planet, Federal, Washington, DC, United States, Prof. James F Bell III, PhD, Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, United States and Cassie M Stuurman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
A High-Resolution Perspective on Martian Valley Networks (449304)
Rossman P Irwin III and Jon C Cawley, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, United States
Geomorphic Comparison of Ancient Cratered Surfaces Buried by Lunar Orientale/Imbrium and Martian Isidis/Hellas Impact Basin Ejecta (449462)
Jon C Cawley and Rossman P Irwin III, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, United States
Peak Temperature Distribution of Micrometeorites on the Earth and Mars: Implications For the Survival of Organics (435411)
Aaron Wilson, Imperial College London, London, SW7, United Kingdom and Matthew Genge, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Theoretical study of the Venus cloud by a general circulation model (372270)
Hiroki Ando1, Masahiro Takagi1, Norihiko Sugimoto2, Hideo Sagawa1 and Yoshihisa Matsuda3, (1)Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan, (2)Keio University, Department of Physics, Yokohama, Japan, (3)ISAS/JAXA, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
Molybdenum fractionation in iron meteorites and oxidized conditions of their parent bodies (438083)
Yu-Hsuan Liang, Institute of Earth Sciences Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan and Alex N Halliday, Columbia University, The Earth Institute, New York, NY, United States; University of Oxford, Departement of Earth Sciences, Oxford, United Kingdom
Planet Growth via Accretion of Pebble-to-Boulder Size Solids (457017)
Gennaro D'Angelo, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos, NM, United States and Peter Bodenheimer, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
Ground-based Observations of Europa's Exosphere at Infrared Wavelengths (444810)
Lucas Paganini1, Geronimo Villanueva2, Lorenz Roth3, Avi Mandell1, Terry Hurford Jr2, Kurt D Retherford4 and Michael J Mumma1, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (3)Southwest Research Institute San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States, (4)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, United States
The cell and the sum of its parts: patterns of complexity in biosignatures as revealed by deep UV Raman spectroscopy (463875)
Haley M Sapers, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, Joseph Razzell Hollis, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, Rohit Bhartia, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Luther W Beegle, Melanie Sauer & Associates LLC, Sierra Madre, United States, Jan Amend, University of Southern California, Earth Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States and Victoria J Orphan, California Institute of Technology, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Pasadena, United States
Elpasolite Planetary Ice and Composition Spectrometer (EPICS): Prototype of a Low-Resource Combined Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer for Planetary Science (454550)
Daniel D.S. Coupland1, Nicholas A. Dallmann2, William C Feldman3, Katherine Mesick1, Suzanne Nowicki2, Laura C. Stonehill2, Steven Storms2 and Stephen West4, (1)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Space Science and Applications (ISR-1), Los Alamos, NM, United States, (2)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (3)Planetary Science Institute, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (4)Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States
The SPECTRAL ice chamber: A NASA-GSFC experimental setup to study the formation processes, the chemistry and optical properties of planetary nitrile-containing organic ices (395387)
Delphine Nna Mvondo1,2, Carrie M Anderson1 and Robert E Samuelson1, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)Universities Space Research Association Columbia, Columbia, MD, United States
Inversion of meteor Rayleigh waves on Earth and modeling of air coupled Rayleigh waves on Mars. (458076)
Foivos Georgios Karakostas, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Paris, France, Virgile Rakoto, Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Philippe Henri Lognonné, Université Paris Cité, Institut de physique du globe de Paris, CNRS, Paris, France, Carene S Larmat, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, Ingrid Daubar, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Katarina Miljkovic, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
Influence of Solar Dipole Field on Earthquake Occurence (341358)
Aysegul Yilmaz, Retired, Washington, DC, United States

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