LPI Contributions: Recent submissions

  • Complex Brines and Their Implications for Habitability 
    Rennó, Nilton O.; Fischer, Erik; Martínez, Germán M.; Hanley, Jennifer; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5885-236X (MDPI, 2021-08-19)
    We conclude that complex brines must exist in the shallow subsurface of Mars and the Icy Worlds, and that liquid saline water should be present where ice has existed, the temperature is above ~160 K, and evaporation and ...
  • A Proposed Geobiology-Driven Nomenclature for Astrobiological In Situ Observations and Sample Analyses 
    Perl, Scott; Celestian, Aaron J.; Cockell, Charles; Corsetti, Frank A.; Barge, Laura M.; Bottjer, David; Filiberto, Justin; Baxter, Bonnie K.; Kanik, Isik; Potter-McIntyre, Sally L.; Weber, Jessica M.; Rodriguez, Laura E.; Daswani, Mohit Melwani; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4611-3209; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5058-1905 (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2021-08-01)
    The purpose of this article is to generate an improved nomenclature for terrestrial features that have mineral/microbial interactions within structures and to confirm which features can only exist from life (biotic), ...
  • 12th Planetary Crater Consortium Meeting : August 11–13, 2021, Virtual 
    Kirchoff, Michelle; Robbins, Stuart (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2021)
    Meeting open to papers on any aspect of impact cratering on solar system bodies. Welcomed abstracts related to observational, theoretical, experimental, and numerical modeling studies of impact craters on planets, dwarf ...
  • Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG) : August 31–September 2, 2021, Virtual 
    Fagan, Amy F. (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2021)
    The theme of the 2021 Annual Meeting is "Lunar Science and Exploration in the Next Five Years." It will feature updates from NASA HQ, current and planned lunar missions, Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) providers, ...
  • Asteroid Science in the Age of Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx : November 5–7, 2019 
    Lauretta, D. S. (Dante S.), 1970-; Sugita, Seiji; Michel, Patrick, 1970- (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2019)
    The workshop provides an opportunity to summarize our understanding of near-Earth asteroids, following the Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx encounters with Ryugu and Bennu.
  • 6th International Planetary Dunes Workshop : May 12–13, 2020 
    Titus, Timothy N. (Timothy Neal); https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0700-4875 (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2020)
    Covers aeolian processes that form and maintain dune fields on Earth and other planetary bodies within the solar system.
  • 18th Meeting of the Venus Exploration Analysis Group : November 16–17, 2020 
    Izenberg, Noam; Dyar, M. Darby (Melinda Darby) (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2020)
    Covers current status of active Venus exploration: NASA, and mission updates, mission proposals and concepts, technology updates and current studies, and Venus science talks and VEXAG findings
  • 5th Planetary Data Workshop, 2nd Planetary Science Informatics & Data Analytics : June 28–July 2, 2021, Virtual 
    Hare, Trent; Stein, Thomas C. (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2021)
    Topics include the status of planetary data and accessibility, updates on mission archives and tools, informatics applications, data analytics technologies and capabilities, and new processing and visualization tools.
  • Apophis T–9 Years: Knowledge Opportunities for the Science of Planetary Defense : November 4–6, 2020 
    Binzel, Richard P.; Michel, Patrick, 1970- (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2020)
    Explores the dynamical details and corresponding science opportunities presented by the April 13, 2029 near-miss passage of the asteroid Apophis. Knowledge is the first line of planetary defense, and the 2029 Apophis ...
  • Workshop on Terrestrial Analogs for Planetary Exploration : June 16–18, 2021, virtual 
    Edgar, Lauren; Gullikson. Amber; Hartke, Melody; Rumpf, Elise; Skinner, James A., Jr. (James Albert) (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2021)
    Discussions of scientific investigations of planetary analog terrains and processes, exploration strategies, and orbit-to-ground comparisons. Abstracts were solicited for topics including various planetary processes ...
  • 2021 Annual Meeting of Planetary Geologic Mappers : June 14–15, 2021, virtual 
    Mouginis-Mark, Peter J.; Skinner, James A., Jr. (James Albert) (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2021)
    The annual meeting will bring together community members to report progress on geologic mapping projects, discuss a wide range of mapping strategies, and coordinate map-based scientific investigations of planetary surfaces ...
  • Shaping of the Present-Day Deep Biosphere at Chicxulub by the Impact Catastrophe That Ended the Cretaceous 
    Cockell, Charles; Schaefer, Bettina; Wuchter, Cornelia; Coolen, Marco J. L.; Grice, Kliti; Schnieders, Luzie; Morgan, Joanna V.; Gulick, Sean P. S.; Wittmann, Axel 1971-; Lofi, Johanna; Christeson, Gail L.; Kring, David A. (David Allen); Whalen, Michael T.; Bralower, Timothy J.; Osinski, Gordon R.; Claeys, Philippe, 1961-; Kaskes, Pim; Graaff, Sietze J. de; Déhais, Thomas; Goderis, Steven; Hernández-Becerra, Natali; Nixon, Sophie; IODP-ICDP Expedition Scientists; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3440-6282 (2021-06-24)
    We report on the effect of the end-Cretaceous impact event on the present-day deep microbial biosphere at the impact site. IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 drilled into the peak ring of the Chicxulub crater, México, allowing us ...
  • Topography and Permanently Shaded Regions (PSRs) of the Moon's South Polar Nearside 
    Stopar, Julie; Kring, David A. (David Allen); https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3440-6282; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1578-3688 (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2021-06-25)
    This map is based on data released by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA). The map is centered at -87°S, 0°E and shows the LOLA 20-m elevation product (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; ...
  • The Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer, MEDA. A Suite of Environmental Sensors for the Mars 2020 Mission 
    Rodriguez-Manfredi, J. A.; Martínez, Germán M.; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5885-236X; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0461-9815 (Springer, 2021-04-13)
    The MEDA package and its scientific purpose are described in this document as well as how it responded to the calibration tests and how it helps prepare for the human exploration of Mars. A comparison is also presented to ...
  • Training for Lunar Surface Operations 
    Kring, David A. (David Allen); Looper, Chris A.; Ney, Zane A.; Janoiko, Barbara A.; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3440-6282 (Center for Lunar Science and Exploration, 2020-12)
    Artemis lunar surface operations require the development and implementation of skills not utilized since Apollo. Here we review the skills and the protocols subsequently developed for a new generation of explorers engaged ...
  • Near-infrared Reflectance of Rocks at High Temperature: Preliminary Results and Implications for Near-infrared Emissivity of Venus's Surface 
    Treiman, Allan H.; Filiberto, Justin; Vander Kaaden, Kathleen E.; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5058-1905; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8073-2839 (American Astronomical Society, 2021-03-08)
    Light emitted from Venus's surface can be viewed through spectral "windows" in its atmosphere, in the nearinfrared (NIR) around 1000 nanometer (nm) wavelengths. The NIR emissivity of Venus's surface can constrain rock types ...
  • Chromium Isotopic Evidence for Mixing of NC and CC Reservoirs in Polymict Ureilites: Implications for Dynamical Models of the Early Solar System 
    Goodrich, Cyrena Anne; Sanborn, Matthew E.; Yin, Qing-Zhu; Kohl, Issaku; Frank, David; Daly, R. Terik; Walsh, Kevin J.; Zolensky, M. E. (Michael E.); Young, Edward R. D.; Jenniskens, Petrus Matheus Marie; Shaddad, Muawia H.; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3181-1303 (American Astronomical Society, 2021-01-28)
    Nucleosynthetic isotope anomalies show that the first few million years of solar system history were characterized by two distinct cosmochemical reservoirs, CC (carbonaceous chondrites and related differentiated meteorites) ...
  • How Good is "Good Enough?" Major Element Chemical Analyses of Planetary Basalts by Spacecraft Instruments 
    Treiman, Allan H.; Filiberto, Justin; Rivera-Valentín, Edgard G.; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5058-1905; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4042-003X; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8073-2839 (American Astronomical Society, 2020-11-19)
    Bulk chemical composition is a fundamental property of a planetary material, rock or regolith, and can be used to constrain the properties and history of a material, and by extension its parent body, including its potential ...
  • Impact heat driven volatile redistribution at Occator crater on Ceres as a comparative planetary process 
    Schenk, Paul M.; Scully, J. E. C.; Buczkowski, Debra L.; Sizemore, Hanna G.; Schmidt, B.; Pieters, Carlé M.; Neesemann, A.; O'Brien, D. P.; Marchi, Simone; Williams, David A. (Planetary geologist); Nathues, A.; De Sanctis, M. Cristina; Tosi, F.; Russell, C. T. (Christopher T.); Castillo-Rogez, Julie; Raymond, Carol A. (Nature, 2020-08-10)
    Here we show using Dawn high-resolution stereo imaging and topography that Ceres' unique composition has resulted in widespread mantling by solidified water- and salt-rich mud-like impact melts with scattered endogenic ...
  • Ocean resurge‑induced impact melt dynamics on the peak‑ring of the Chicxulub impact structure, Mexico 
    Schulte, Felix M.; Wittmann, Axel 1971-; Jung, Stefan; Morgan, Joanna V.; Gulick, Sean P. S.; Kring, David A. (David Allen); Grieve, Richard A. F.; Osinski, Gordon R.; Riller, Ulrich; IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 Science Party; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3440-6282 (Springer, 2021-03-18)
    Core from Hole M0077 from IODP/ICDP Expedition 364 provides unprecedented evidence for the physical processes in effect during the interaction of impact melt with rock-debris-laden seawater, following a large meteorite ...

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