COSPAR 2007 - Workshop on Planetary Science

DAY	9:30 – 10:45	10:45–11:15	11:15 – 12:30	12:30-14:00	14:00 – 15:45	15:45–16:15	16:15 – 18:00

Mon 23	Opening session #	Coffee break	Cont.	Lunch	Cont.	Coffee break	Spacecraft Dynamics
	10:00 - Origin and Evolution of the Solar System		11:45 - Overview of Planetary missions		14:30 - Solar System Dynamics
	J. A. Fernández		G. Tancredi		T. Gallardo		A. Bertachini

Tue 24	NASA’s Planetary Data System (PDS)	Coffee break	ESA’s Planetary Science Archive (PSA) / JAXA Planetary Missions	Lunch	Demonstration of NASA’s PDS	Coffee break	Demonstration of ESA’s PSA and JAXA archive
	M. A’Hearn & J. Li		J. L. Vázquez / M. Yoshikawa		M. A’Hearn & J. Li		J. L. Vázquez / M. Yoshikawa

Wed 25	Saturn’s rings and shepherd satellites: General facts	Coffee break	Cassini mission to Saturn	Lunch	Practical work with Voyager & Cassini data on rings and satellites	Coffee break	Practical work with Voyager & Cassini data on rings and satellites
	M. Showalter		M. Showalter		M. Showalter		M. Showalter

Thu 26	Comets: General facts	Coffee break	Deep Impact mission to Comet Tempel 1	Lunch	Practical work with data from missions to comets	Coffee break	Practical work with data from missions to comets
	M. A’Hearn		M. A’Hearn		M. A’Hearn & J. Li		M. A’Hearn & J. Li

Fri 27	Introduction of SPICE and Reference Frames in planetary science	Coffee break	Asteroids: General Facts	Lunch	Practical work with SPICE	Coffee break	Practical work with Reference Frames in SPICE
	J. L. Vázquez		M. Yoshikawa		J. L. Vázquez		J. L. Vázquez

Sat 28	Start planning of the research projects with the lecturers	Coffee break	Cont. of planning	12:00 Departure to a tourist ranch, lunch on the way. Barbecue and stay overnight at the ranch

Sun 29	Visit to Punta del Este. Return late in the afternoon to the hotel

Mon 30	Asteroids: Hayabusa – Itokawa	Coffee break	Asteroids: NEAR – Eros	Lunch	Practical work with data from missions to asteroids	Coffee break	Practical work with data from missions to asteroids
	M. Yoshikawa		L. McFadden		M. Yoshikawa / L. McFadden & J. Li		M. Yoshikawa / L. McFadden & J. Li

Tue 31	Mars general facts & planetary geology	Coffee break	Mars Express data analysis	Lunch	Practical work with data from missions to Mars	Coffee break	Practical work with data from missions to Mars
	A. Pio Rossi		A. Pio Rossi		A. Pio Rossi		A. Pio Rossi

Wed 1^st	Work on the projects	Coffee break	Cont. of works	Lunch	Work on the projects	Coffee break	Cont. of works

Thu 2^nd	Work on the projects	Coffee break	Cont. of works	Lunch	Work on the projects	Coffee break	Cont. of works

Fri 3^rd	Presentation of the preliminary results of the research projects by the participants	Coffee break	Cont. of presentations	Lunch	Cont. of presentations	Coffee break	Cont. of presentations
							17:30 - Closing ceremony

		Oral presentations open to all the participants (including the listeners – oyentes)
		Practical work only for the registered participants
		Presentations of the preliminary results of the research projects developed by the participants, open to all the participants

Monday 23, July, 9:30 – Opening session

Words from the organizers and the following representatives:

Dr. Amilcar Davyt

Dirección de Innovación, Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo – Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, Uruguay

Dr. Luis A. Salicrup

Oficina Regional para América Latina y el Caribe – UNESCO

Prof. Julio A. Fernández

Decano de Facultad de Ciencias – Universidad de la República, Uruguay

Lecturers

Mike A’Hearn (University of Maryland, USA)

Mark Showalter (SETI Institute, USA)

Lucy McFadden (University of Maryland, USA)

Jiang-yang Li (University of Maryland, USA)

José Luis Vázquez (ESA/ESTEC, The Netherlands)

Angelo Pio Rossi (ESA/ESTEC, The Netherlands)

Makoto Yoshikawa (JAXA, Japan)

Antonio Bertachini, (INPE, Brazil)

Julio Fernández (Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay)

Tabaré Gallardo (Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay)

Gonzalo Tancredi (Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay), Chairman

Software advisors

Ricardo Gil-Hutton (CASLEO, Argentina)

Fernando Roig (Observatorio Nacional – Brazil)

Outreach Activities

(Open to the public and with translation – Salón de Actos de la Facultad de Ciencias)

Thursday 26, July – Jueves 26 Julio

18:30 – “The Cassini mission to Saturn and its rings – La misión Cassini a Saturno y sus anillos”

Mark Showalter – (SETI Institute)

19:30 – “Deep Impact to a Comet - Impactando a un Cometa”

Mike A’Hearn – University of Maryland

Monday 30, July – Lunes 30 Julio

18:30 – “Visiting a near by asteroid - Visitando un asteroide cercano”

Makoto Yoshikawa – Agencia Espacial de Japón

19:30 – “A rendez-vous to an asteroid - Aproximación cercana a un asteroide”

Lucy McFadden – University of Maryland

Wednesday 1, August – Miércoles 1 Agosto

18:30 – “Las misiones planetarias de la ESA”

José Luis Vázquez– Agencia Espacial Europea

19:30 – “An Express journey to Mars - Un viaje expreso a Marte”

Angelo Pio Rossi – Agencia Espacial Europea

Social Events

Monday 23, July - 20hs – Opening Dinner

Saturday 28 and Sunday 29, July – Visit to a tourist ranch and to Punta del Este

Thursday 2, August - 20hs – Closing Dinner