Astrometry Request for TNO Observers
Following the successful exploration of the Pluto system and the classical TNO Arrokoth, new spacecraft mission concepts are being studied to again target dwarf planets and minor bodies of the […]
Tag Archives: Pluto system
Second Announcement: Icarus Special Issue on the Pluto System, Kuiper Belt, and Kuiper Belt Objects
Icarus is sponsoring a special issue on results related to the exploration of the Pluto system, the Kuiper Belt, and Kuiper Belt Objects, particularly by New Horizons, groundbased techniques, and […]
New Dates for the Pluto System After New Horizons Conference
The dates for the Pluto System After New Horizons (PSANH), an international science conference on the Pluto system and the Kuiper Belt, have shifted by two days to July 14–18, […]
Release of New Book “Chasing New Horizons”
The book Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto was published earlier this week and it’s getting great reviews. My co-author, David Grinspoon, and I put our heart […]
Date Change: Pluto After New Horizons
The dates for the international science conference on the Pluto system and the Kuiper Belt have been moved to July 12-16, 2019. Please mark your calendars accordingly! Unfortunately, these new […]
GSA 2016 SESSION T164: GEOLOGY OF THE PLUTO SYSTEM
We invite contributions to a special session on the geology of Pluto, its large moon Charon, and the smaller satellites Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra, at the 2016 GSA Annual […]
ICARUS SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE PLUTO SYSTEM IN THE NEW HORIZONS ERA
A special issue of Icarus brings together papers about Pluto system science. In 2015, NASA’s New Horizons mission conducted the first ever reconnaissance of the Pluto system. Partly fueled by this flyby, […]
Earth-Based Observations in Support of the New Horizons Pluto Encounter: EPSC Workshop
Earth-based observations of the Pluto system will enhance, and provide context for, the science returned by New Horizons spacecraft during its July 2015 encounter with Pluto (See http://www.boulder.swri.edu/nh-support-obs/ for details […]