Workshop on Water in Asteroids and Meteorites

Observatoire de Paris, September 29 & 30, 2011

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Latest News


  • October 16, 2011: The presentations have been added.
  • September 25, 2011: The meeting is at "Salle de l'Atelier".

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    Scientific Rationale


    The presence and distribution of water in asteroids is relevant to the origin and evolution of these objects, of our Solar System, and even of Earth's own water.  Water in asteroids has been detected in the form of hydrated minerals and recently as surface ice. The study of water and hydrated minerals in meteorites is equally exciting and relevant. This focused workshop will bring together the astronomical and meteoritic communities in a forum conducive to fruitful interactions.  

    There have been important recent developments in this topic. The tantalizing indication of water ice surviving in the Themis asteroid family (as suggested by the cometary activity observed in two asteroids belonging to this family) has been confirmed by the detection of surface ice on asteroid 24 Themis by two independent groups (Campins et al. 2010, Rivkin and Emery 2010).  In addition, water ice and organics have been reported on a second asteroid, 65 Cybele (Licandro et al. 2011).  The presence of ice on these two asteroids, particularly over a significant fraction of their surfaces, is puzzling because of the short lifetime for exposed water ice at these heliocentric distances (~3.2 and 3.4 AU, respectively).  Nevertheless, there are several possible sources for this unstable ice and identifying them is likely to be diagnostic of important processes on primitive asteroids.

    Some of the issues we can address during this workshop include:



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    Workshop Details


    1. General

      This two-day workshop will take place at the Paris Observatory downtown (77 Avenue Denfert-Rochereau, Paris 14) on the 29th and 30th of September, 2011. These are the Thursday and Friday before the EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting in Nantes, so it would be a convenient stop on your way there.   Our workshop will consist of a series of short invited presentations (15 -30 minutes), followed by long discussion sessions. The Preliminary Program for this meeting is already available here.

    2. Abstract Format

      The abstract sould be a few hundred words, DPS or LPSC formats are acceptable in MS-Word or pdf format, one or two figures are allowed.

    3. Directions and Hotel Information

      Observatoire de Paris
      61, Av. de l'Observatoire, 75014 Paris
      Entrance: 77, Avenue Denfert-Rochereau, 75014 Paris
      Tel: 01.40.51.22.21
      Fax: 01.43.54.18.04

      Access:
      By Bus: line 38, 83 or 91 stop - Observatoire-Port Royal
      By Subway: stations Port Royal or Denfert-Rochereau. You can see these stations on a map
      From the airport of Roissy: take the RER B until Denfert Rochereau

      Map:

      Map of the Observatory of Paris:

      List of Hotels:

      Hôtel du Lion ** - situé à 56 mètres de la Place Denfert-Rochereau
      1 avenue Général Leclerc
      75014 Paris
      Tél 01 40 47 04 00
      Fax 01 43 20 38 18

      Hôtel Floridor * - situé à 60 mètres de la Place Denfert-Rochereau
      28 place Denfert-Rochereau
      75014 Paris
      Tél 01 43 21 35 53
      Fax 01 43 27 65 81

      Hôtel du Midi *** - situé à 158 mètres de la Place Denfert-Rochereau
      4 avenue René Coty
      75014 Paris
      Tél 01 43 27 23 25
      Fax 01 43 21 24 58

      Hôtel Le Lionceau - situé à 220 mètres de la Place Denfert-Rochereau
      22 rue Daguerre
      75014 Paris
      Tél 01 43 22 53 53
      Fax 01 43 22 22 68

      Hôtel des Voyageurs - situé à 259 mètres de la Place Denfert-Rochereau
      22 rue Boulard
      75014 Paris
      Tél 01 43 21 08 20
      Fax 01 43 21 08 21

      Hôtel Sophie Germain *** - situé à 351 mètres de la Place Denfert-Rochereau
      12 rue Sophie Germain
      75014 Paris
      Tél 01 43 21 43 75
      Fax 01 43 20 82 89


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    Contact Information


    Scientific Program: Please contact Humberto Campins.

    Local Organization: Please contact Marcello Fulchignoni.


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