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In Memory of Merton E. Davies (1917-2001)
Image of Merton Davies Special Sessions P21A and P22D

Advances in Planetary Geodesy,

Mapping, and Imaging

Special Sessions P21A and P22D
American Geophysical Union 2002 Fall Meeting
Moscone Center
San Francisco, California
10 December 2002

Session Description:
We are at a time of transition in the fields of planetary geodesy, mapping, and imaging. Planetary exploration has moved from a time of initial reconnaissance of the solar system using mostly planetary flyby missions and exclusively images from framing cameras, to much more extensive missions of targeted exploration using orbiting spacecraft, line-scanner cameras, laser altimeters, and other sensors. It is appropriate to review the past history of this effort, recent advances in this area, and the current state of the art in both planetary and terrestrial geodesy, mapping, planetary imaging and surveillance, and reference systems. In particular we hope to review and commemorate the work of Merton E. Davies (1917-2001) who led the initial mapping of the planets and moons of the solar system.

Conveners:
Brent Archinal, Randolph Kirk, Laurence Soderblom
Astrogeology Team, U. S. Geological Survey, 2255 N. Gemini Drive,Flagstaff, AZ86001
Jointly sponsored by the Planetary Sciences and Geodesy sections of AGU

P21A (Tuesday morning poste session)
Abstracts from AGU Web site:
http://www.agu.org/cgi-bin/sessionsf?meeting=fm02&part=P21A&maxhits=100
(P21A-0356)
R Sellar, G D Boreman, L E Kirkland, A Arabatti
A New Class of Imaging Spectrometer for Planetary Science
(P21A-0357)
S Goossens, P Visser, R Floberghagen, R Koop, B Ambrosius
Towards Regional Lunar Gravity Fields Using Lunar Prospector Extended Mission Data - Simulations and Results
[PDF (P21A-0357.pdf)]
(P21A-0358)
T Sugano, K Heki
Lunar Gravity Studies from the Lunar Prospector Line-of-Sight Acceleration Data: Isostatic Compensation of Medium Sized Craters
[PDF (P21A-0358.pdf)] (Note: Rotate 90 degrees clockwise to view.)
(P21A-0359)
R W Gaskell
Three Dimensional Landmark Templates
[PDF (P21A-0359.pdf) | Powerpoint (P21A-0359.ppt)]
(P21A-0360)
E M Eliason, A S McEwen, R L Kirk, A A Delamere, C J Hansen
Imaging and Stereo Observations from HiRISE on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
(P21A-0361)
J Barriot, V Dehant, W Folkner
Modeling Mars Rotation: the NEIGE Geodesy Experiment
(P21A-0362)
B G Bills, D E Smith, M T Zuber, D P Rubincam, D B Rowlands, F G Lemoine, P J Dunn, M H Torrence, D R Skillman
Periodic anomalies in Earth-Mars range
(P21A-0363)
G A Neumann, F G Lemoine, M H Torrence
Laser Altimetry and the Cartography of Mars, Moon, and 433 Eros
[PDF (P21A-0363.pdf)] (Note: Large! ~27 Mb) (3 MB version [PDF P21A-0363_reduce.pdf)]
(P21A-0364)
E Asphaug, M Belton, W Huebner, R Kakuda, D Yeomans
Deep Interior: Spacecraft Initiatives for Near-Earth Object Geophysical Exploration

P22D (Tuesday afternoon oral session)
Abstracts from AGU Web site:
http://www.agu.org/cgi-bin/sessionsf?meeting=fm02&part=P22D&maxhits=100
(P22D-01)
B Murray, B Augenstein:
Mert Davies: Pioneer in the Use of Spacecraft to Map Earth and Mars
(P22D-02)
T V Johnson
Planetary Satellite Geodesy: Voyager to Galileo
(P22D-03)
K Seidelmann
Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements of Planets and Satellites
[PDF (P22D-03.pdf) | Powerpoint (P22D-03.ppt)]
(P22D-04)
T C Owen
Planetary Nomenclature
[PDF (P22D-04.pdf) | Word (P22D-04.doc)]
(P22D-05)
P C Thomas
Mapping and Geodesy of Small Solar System Bodies
[Withdrawn]
(P22D-06)
B A Archinal, M Caplinger
Mars, the Meridian, and Mert: The Quest for Martian Longitude
[PDF (P22D-06.pdf) | Powerpoint (P22D-06.ppt)]
(P22D-07)
D E Smith, M T Zuber
Laser Altimetry as a Tool for Mapping Mars
(P22D-08)
J Margot, S J Peale, R F Jurgens, M A Slade, I V Holin
Planetary Interior Structure Revealed by Spin Dynamics
(P22D-09)
A C Cook, M S Robinson, B Semenov, T R Watters
Preliminary Analysis of the Absolute Cartographic Accuracy of the Clementine UVVIS Mosaics
[PDF (P22D-09.pdf) | Powerpoint (P22D-09.ppt)]
(P22D-10)
L Kirk, E Howington-Kraus, L A Soderblom, B A Archinal
Topographic Mapping of Mars: Approaching the Human Scale
[PDF (P22D-10.pdf) | AVI video (P22D-10-flyover.avi)] (Note: Video is large! ~47 MB)
(P22D-11
J Oberst, M Waehlisch, B Giese, F Scholten, H Hoffmann, R Jaumann, G Neukum
The HRSC on Mars Express: Mert Davies' Involvement in a Novel Planetary Cartography Experiment
(P22D-12)
L A Soderblom
Comet 19P/Borrelly in Three Dimensions: Coma and Nucleus
[PDF (P22D-12.pdf) | Powerpoint (P22D-12.ppt)]

In Memory of Merton E. Davies (1917-2001)
In Memory of Merton E. Davies (1917-2001)

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