Wednesday August 31



Exogenic Influences on Icy Surface Geology

Session chair - Alan Stern (SwRI)

8:30Geoff Collins (Wheaton)
Icy Satellite Tectonics
(this talk is associated with the afternoon session but had to go here for logistical reasons)
9:05Jeff Moore (NASA Ames)
Exogenic Influences Overview
9:40Ryan Ewing (Univ. Alabama)
Aeolian Processes
  • Likelihood on Pluto
  • Conditions of occurence
  • Recognizability
10:15Coffee break
10:30Alan Howard (U. Virginia)
Landform Evolution on Icy Planetary Surfaces
11:05Paul Schenk (LPI)
Impact Crater Geology
  • Briefly review impact crater morphologies on icy satellites
  • Discuss impact crater morphologies evaluation as it has been applied to other icy targets and how it might be applied to the Pluto system
  • Discuss the types of observations needed for recognition & evaluation of impact crater morphologies in the Pluto System
11:40Beau Bierhaus (Lockheed Martin)
Impactors and Crater Statistics
  • Briefly review impact crater statistics and impactor sources on icy satellites
  • Discuss how impact crater statistics and impactor sources it might be applied to the Pluto system
  • Discuss the types of observations needed for recognition & evaluation of impact crater statistics in the Pluto System
12:15Lunch break

Endogenic Influences on Icy Surface Geology

Session chair - Rick Binzel (MIT)

1:45Bill McKinnon (Washington U. St. Louis)
Endogenic Influences Overview
2:20Francis Nimmo (UCSC)
Geophysics and Tectonics
2:55Coffee break
3:10Steve Desch (Arizona State U.)
Interior Activity
3:45Louise Prockter (APL)
Cryovolcanism
4:20Simon Kattenhorn (U. Idaho)
Icy Satellite Tectonics
4:55Alan Stern
Wrap-up, discussion, and final thoughts
  • Open questions
  • Research priorities for the next few years