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Tidal Heating – Lessons from Io and the Jovian System Tidal Heating – Lessons from Io and the Jovian System

Tidal Heating - Isotopes at Io and the Icy Moons

December 3, 2018
California Institute of Technology - Pasadena, CA 91125

Final Report

Tidal Heating Follow-on Workshop: Isotopes at Io and the Icy Moons

Monday, December 3, 2018
Keck Center - Think Tank, Room 155

Time
Event
Speaker
9:00 ‐ 9:30 Institute Opens
9:30 ‐ 10:00 Coffee Available

Morning: Isotopic fractionation by escape and other processes
(All talks are 20 minutes + 10 minutes for questions/discussion)

10:00 - 10:15 Introduction All
10:15 - 10:45

Overview
(35.38 MB .pdf)

Ed Young (UCLA)
10:45 - 11:15 Escape & Fractionation
(1.43 MB .pdf)
Kevin Zahnle (NASA Ames)
11:15 - 11:45

Terrestrial Sulphur Isotopes

Jess Adkins (Caltech)

11:45 ‐ 12:45 Discussion: Isotopic fractionation processes on satellites All
12:45 ‐ 2:00 Lunch at Keck Institute

Afternoon: Observations and Capabilities for Isotopic Measurements on Outer Solar System Satellites
(All talks are 20 minutes + 10 minutes for questions/discussion)

2:00 - 2:30 Escape & Fractionation Observations
(2.93 MB .pdf)
Kathy Mandt (JHU APL)
2:30 - 3:00 Io Escape Processes
(25.08 MB .pdf)
Melissa McGrath (SETI/SwRI)
3:00 - 3:30 ALMA Isotope Observations
(2.2 MB .pdf)
Arielle Moullet (NRAO/SOFIA)
3:30 - 3:45 Break  
3:45 - 4:15 Cassini INMS and Europa MASPEX
(6.54 MB .pdf)
Hunter Waite (SwRI)
4:15 - 5:15 Discussion: Measurement and Interpretation of Fractionation on Io and Icy Satellites All
5:15 - 5:30 Wrap-up
5:30 Optional Dinner at the Rathskeller

In-Person Attendees:

  • Jess Adkins - Caltech
  • Ashley Davies - JPL
  • Katherine de Kleer - Caltech
  • John Eiler - Caltech
  • James Keane - Caltech
  • Laszlo Kestay - USGS
  • Krishan Khurana - UCLA
  • Kathy Mandt - JHU/APL
  • Alfred McEwen - LPL/ University of Arizona
  • Melissa McGrath - SETI
  • Arielle Moullet - NRAO/SOFIA
  • Francis Nimmo - UCSC
  • Julie Rathbun - Planetary Science Institute
  • Nick Schneider - LASP/University of Colorado Boulder
  • Dave Stevenson - Caltech
  • Hunter Waite - SWRI
  • Ed Young - UCLA
  • Kevin Zahnle - NASA Ames