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On the road: The 2009 Division of Planetary Sciences meeting

This week I’m in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, at the Division of Planetary Sciences meeting. I’ll be blogging daily and posting updates regularly to our Twitter , Facebook , and MySpace pages. Then on Saturday I’ll have the opportunity to tour Arecibo Observatory, which is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. It...

Posted to Astronomy.com blog (Weblog) by Liz Kruesi on 10-05-2009
Tags: conferences, astronomy magazine, Liz Kruesi, planets, DPS09
Division of Planetary Sciences meeting, Monday recap

Monday was my first day at the 2009 Division of Planetary Sciences meeting in Puerto Rico. Unfortunately, I was off to a late start because of one of the worst migraines of my life. But I did get to the afternoon science sessions. E ditor's note: Liz is posting updates regularly from DPS09 to Twitter...

Posted to Astronomy.com blog (Weblog) by Liz Kruesi on 10-06-2009
Tags: NASA, spacecraft, solar system, Liz Kruesi, planets, DPS09
Division of Planetary Sciences meeting, Tuesday recap

One thing I’ve noticed at thisi year’s Division of Planetary Sciences meeting is how well members of the planetary science community support each other. Often when asking a question regarding a talk, the questioner starts out with “great talk.” It’s refreshing to see. There’s a lot of competition in...

Posted to Astronomy.com blog (Weblog) by Liz Kruesi on 10-07-2009
Tags: NASA, telescopes, solar system, conferences, Liz Kruesi, planets, DPS09
Division of Planetary Sciences meeting, Wednesday recap

I started off Wednesday at a lunar science session where presenters focused on results from the Japanese Kaguya mission and the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) . Robert Reedy of the Planetary Science Institute discussed Kaguya maps of the Moon. The probe measured gamma rays to study the distribution...

Posted to Astronomy.com blog (Weblog) by Liz Kruesi on 10-08-2009
Tags: solar system, conferences, Liz Kruesi, planets, DPS09
Division of Planetary Sciences meeting, Thursday recap

Thursday was a short day at the conference. I had to check out of the hotel in the late morning, so I had time only to jump between two sessions (another exoplanet one, and one about near-Earth asteroids [NEAs]). E ditor's note: Liz is posting updates regularly from DPS09 to Twitter.com/AstronomyMag...

Posted to Astronomy.com blog (Weblog) by Liz Kruesi on 10-08-2009
Tags: NASA, solar system, conferences, Liz Kruesi, planets, asteroid, DPS09