Planet Characterization Workshop

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How does one characterize a planet? How do we handle borderline cases like Vesta or brown dwarfs? Can or should scientists consider round moons to be planets? How can scientists leverage planet characterization as a hook to increase scientific literacy in the population?

If those questions intrigued you, consider submitting an abstract for the Planet Characterization workshop 21-23 February in Houston and virtually: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/planetcharacterization2024/abstracts/. Note that abstract submission ends 8 December.

Invited and confirmed speakers include Phil Metzger, University of Central Florida; Chris Bradburne, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Ravi Kumar Kopparapu, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Jack Lissauer, NASA Ames Research Center; Jean-Luc Margot, University of California; Constance Martin-Trembley, Endeavour Middle School; Alan Stern, Southwest Research Institute; Katie Bennett, John Hopkins University; and Steven Dick, NASA United States Naval Observatory.

Questions? Contact Mark Sykes, Alan Stern, Katie Bennett, or Kirby Runyon.