[meteorite-list] Conference: Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2011

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:17:29 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <201011151717.oAFHHTxt003169_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://chiron.mtk.nao.ac.jp/ACM2011/

Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2011
17-22 July, 2011
Niigata, Japan

The Asteroids, Comets, Meteors (ACM) meeting is the premier
international gathering of scientists who study small bodies. The ACM
series began in 1983 in Uppsala, Sweden, as a means of bringing together
different groups within the asteroid, comet, and meteor communities who
do not often have the opportunity to interact. From this first ACM
meeting, a regular conference began. The conference now takes place
every three years^* , and it is the pre-eminent meeting for small-bodies
research, with attendance usually in excess of 400. The 2011 ACM meeting
will be the 11th in the series and will be the first time in Asian Region.

The scope of presentations and discussion is broad, including all topics
related to asteroids, comets, and meteors. Examples include discovery
and cataloguing of objects, observations of meteor showers by radar,
modeling the gas production of comets, and plans for future asteroid
sample returns.

ACM 2011 is expected to bring together experts on small-bodies studies
from around the world. It It will be the first meeting held after
several significant and anticipated events, which include the return of
"Hayabusa" mission and the expected result of "Dawn", as well as many
others, have come to pass. ACM 2011 will highlight the research
currently being conducted, encourage discussion among researchers in
various areas, and identify new avenues of research.

* The past ACMs have been hosted by Uppsala (Sweden; 1983, 1985 and
1989), Flagstaff (USA; 1991), Belgirate (Italy; 1993), Versailles
(France; 1996), Ithaca (USA; 1999), Berlin (Germany; 2002), B???zios
(Brazil; 2005), and Baltimore (USA; 2008).


        Topics [Tentative]

    * Near-Earth Object searches:Pan-STARRS and other newly founded surveys
    * Results of Hayabusa sample return analyses
    * Observations of latest Comets
    * Updates on Dawn, Rosetta, New Horizons, and planned missions to
      small bodies
    * Compositional studies of asteroids and comets
    * Small body populations: evolution and dynamics
    * Interdisciplinary studies: How do asteroids/comets/meteors
      interrelate?
    * Internal structure of small bodies, including presence/formation
      of satellites
    * Origin of the solar system, as deduced from small bodies studies
    * Small body impact hazards
    * Laboratory studies of small-body processes and constituents
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