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VI. Exploration of the Outer Solar System

06:30 – 08:45 Breakfast – Iḷisaġvik College Kitchen (hours)

GSFC-II Video Conference: 07:45 – 14:00

JPL Video Conference: 07:45 – 18:00

08:00 – 09:00 NASA Planetary Science Program

James L. Green, NASA Headquarters (GSFC Videocon )

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09:00 – 10:00 Ices of Pluto and the Kuiper Belt Objects

Dale P. Cruikshank, NASA Ames Research Center

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10:00 – 10:15 Break

10:15 – 11:00 Cassini at Titan and Enceladus

Wayne T. Kasprzak^1^, et al.,

^1^NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC Videocon)

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11:00 – 11:30 New Horizons at Jupiter

John R. Spencer, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder (JPL Videocon 1)

Abstract     Slides

  • 35Mb     Movie - 873kb     Video - 425Mb     Video - 288Mb

11:30 – 12:00 Titan: Earth’s REAL Sister Planet 30 Years After Voyager

Louis A. Mayo, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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12:00 – 13:15 Lunch – Iḷisaġvik College Kitchen (hours)

13:30 – 14:00 Laboratory Chemistry of the Outer Solar System

Marla H. Moore, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC Videocon)

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14:00 – 14:30 Hotspots and Hexagons: Saturn’s Polar Circulation Systems

Leigh N. Fletcher et al., NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL Videocon 2)

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14:30 – 15:00 Saturn’s Poles Revealed: New Visual and Near-Infrared Views of PolarClouds, Waves, Hexagonal Features, and Vortices by Cassini/VIMS

Kevin H. Baines^1^ T. W.Momary, M. Roos-Serote, A. P. Showman, S. K. Atreya, R. H. Brown, B. J.Buratti, R. N. Clark, P. D. Nicholson, and the Cassini/VIMS Science Team

^1^ NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL Videocon 2)

Abstract     Slides

  • 16Mb     North Pole Movie - 1.6Mb     South Pole Movie -551kb

Video - 535Mb     Video - 300Mb

15:00 – 15:30 Exploring Europa

Robert T. Pappalardo, NASA Jet PropulsionLaboratory (JPL Videocon 2)

Abstract     Slides - 24Mb     Europa Band Spreading Movie. - 9.1Mb

E6-Ridge Movie. - 182Mb     Europa Conamara Movie. - 451Mb

Hoppa Cycloid Movie. - 14kb     Ice Convection Model Movie. - 9.7Mb

Interior Cutaway Movie. - 8.2Mb     Lava Lamp Movie. - 9.5kb

Tidal Flexing Movie. - 698kb     Video - 524Mb     Video - 294Mb

15:30 – 16:00 Exploring the Interiors of Icy Satellites Using Magnetic Induction

Krishan K. Khurana, University of California Los Angeles (JPL Videocon 2)

Abstract     Slides - 6.2Mb     Video - 782Mb     Video - 465Mb

16:00 – 16:15 Break

16:15 – 16:45 RadarImaging of Europa’s Subsurface Properties and Processes: The View from Earth

Donald D. Blankenship^1^, D. A. Young, M. E. Peters, and W. B. Moore

^1^University of Texas at Austin (JPL Videocon 2)

Abstract     Slides - 22Mb     Video - 620Mb     Video - 409Mb

16:45 – 17:15 The Jupiter System Observer: AMission to study Jupiter, its Moons and Magnetospheric Environment

David A. Senske^1^,L. Prockter, J. Kwok,T. Spilker and the JSO Science Definition Team,

^1^NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL Videocon 2)

Abstract     Slides - 11Mb     Video - 431Mb     Video - 281Mb

17:15 – 17:45 The Jupiter System Observer Mission Concept: Implementing theScientific Investigation of the Jovian System

Thomas R. Spilker^1^, D. A. Senske, L. Prockter, J. H. Kwok, G. H.Tan-Wang, and JSO SDT NASA,

^1^JetPropulsion Laboratory (JPL Videocon 2)

Abstract     Slides - 3.3Mb     Video - 372Mb     Video - 278Mb

17:45 – 18:45 Dinner – Iḷisaġvik College Kitchen (hours)

19:00 – 19:30 Observations of Polar Aurora at Jupiter andSaturn during IPY

Jonathan D. Nichols^1^, J. T. Clarke, J.-C.Gérard, D. Grodent, K. C. Hansen, W. Kurth, G.R. Gladstone, J. Duval, S.Wannawichian, E. Bunce, S. W. H. Cowley, F. Crary, M. Dougherty, D. Mitchell,W. Pryor, K. Retherford, and T. Stallard

^1^Boston University

Abstract     Slides - 6.4Mb     Video - 702Mb     Video - 481Mb

19:30 – 20:00 Biosignatures on Icy Worlds

Kevin P.Hand, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Video - 674Mb     Video - 408Mb

20:00 – 20:30 Europa’s Tenuous Atmosphere and itsInteraction with Jupiter’s Magnetosphere

Timothy A. Cassidy, University of Virginia

Abstract     Slides - 1.9Mb     Video - 288Mb     Video - 194Mb