TNO 2010

Dynamical and Physical properties of Trans-Neptunian Objects
June 27 – July 1, 2010

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Conference Schedule

Saturday, June 26
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.		Reception + Registration at Hotel
Sunday, June 27
9:00 – 9:15		Welcome
		Session: Size Distribution
9:15 – 10:00		Invited Talk César Fuentes, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics What do Observations Really Tell Us About the TNO Size Distribution?
10:00 – 10:15		Megan Schwamb, California Institute of Technology Beyond Sedna
10:15 – 10:30		Federica Bianco, Las Cumbres Observatory The TAOS Project: 3.75 Year Results for the Kuiper Belt and Sedna Region
10:30 – 10:50		Coffee
10:50 – 11:35		Invited Talk Andrew Youdin, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics Formation and Size Distributions of TNOs
11:35 – 11:50		Michele Bannister, Mount Stromlo Observatory A Search for Large Bright Southern TNOs in the Siding Spring Survey Dataset
11:50 – 12:05		Scott Sheppard, Carnegie Institute Where are the Missing Intermediate Sized Planetesimals?
12:05 – 14:00		Lunch
14:00 – 14:15		Paul Weissman, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory The Jupiter-Family Comets: TNOs in the Planetary Region
14:15 – 14:30		Thomas Widemann, Observatoire de Paris Multichord observations of Pluto and Varuna in 2010
14:30 – 14:45		Amanda Gulbis, South African Astronomical Observatory Studying Trans-Neptunian Objects via Stellar Occultations: Ground-Based and Air-Based with SOFIA
14:45 – 15:00		Michael Mommert, German Aerospace Center TNO Modelling Aspects and First Radiometric Results from the ’TNOs are Cool’ Project
15:00 – 15:15		Matthew Holman, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics The Pan-STARRS-1 Outer Solar System Key Project: A Status Report
15:15 – 15:30		Andrew Wang, Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics Searching for Sub-Kilometer TNOs using Pan-STARRS Video Mode Light Curves
15:30 – 15:45		Matthew Lehner, Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics TAOS II: A Next Generation Occultation Survey
15:45  – 16:00		Yannick Boissel, Observatoire de Paris MIOSOTYS, A New Instrument to Search for Trans-Neptunian Stellar Occultations
16:00 – 16:20		Coffee
16:20 – 16:35		Charles Alcock, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Whipple: Exploring the Solar System beyond Neptune
		Session: Haumea
16:35 – 16:50		Darin Ragozzine, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics The Dwarf Planet Haumea: Its Family and Satellites
16:50 – 17:05		Pablo Santos-Sanz, Observatoire de Paris Thermal Lightcurve of Dwarf Planet Haumea from the Herschel Space Observatory
17:05 – 17:20		Adriano Campo, Bagatin Universidad de Alicante Genesis of the Haumea System
17:20 – 17:35		Audrey Thirouin, Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucia Numerically Testing Likely Collisions on a Proto-Haumea
17:35 – 18:05		Panel Discussion
Monday, June 28
		Session: Orbits
9:00 – 9:45		Invited Talk Lynne Jones, University of Washington Observational Constraints on the Orbital Distribution of Trans-Neptunian Objects
9:45 – 10:00		Jean-Marc Petit, Observatoire de Besançon The Canada-France Ecliptic Plane Survey - Full Data Release: The Orbital Structure of the Kuiper Belt
10:00 – 10:15		Samantha Lawler, University of British Columbia Populations and Orbital Element Distributions of Resonant Trans-Neptunian Objects
10:15 – 10:30		J.J. Kavelaars, Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics The High Ecliptic Latitude Extension of the Canada-France Ecliptic Plane Survey
10:30 – 10:50		Coffee
10:50 – 11:05		Brett Gladman, University of British Columbia The North Ecliptic Wedge Survey for Polar TNOs
11:05 – 11:20		David Trilling, Northern Arizona University The Dynamical Classes of Very Faint TNOs
11:20 – 11:35		Robert Marcus, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Prospects of Identifying Collisional Families in the Kuiper Belt
11:35 – 11:50		Diego Muñoz, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Diffusion of Neptune Trojans through Gravitational Interactions with a Massive Kuiper Belt
11:50 – 12:05		Rodney Gomes, Observatório Nacional Reassessing the Binary Capture Scenario of Triton
12:05 – 14:00		Lunch
14:00 – 14:45		Invited Talk Matthew Tiscareno, Cornell University Orbital Dynamics of Trans-Neptunian Objects
14:45 – 15:00		Ruth Murray-Clay, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Using Resonant Kuiper Belt Objects to Constrain Neptune’s Migration History
15:00 – 15:15		Kathryn Volk, University of Arizona Resonant Pathways to the Distant Kuiper Belt
15:15 – 15:30		Alessandro Morbidelli, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur Dynamical and Collisional Evolutions of the Trans-Neptunian Planetesimal Disk: Considerations on the Magnitude Distributions of the Kuiper Belt and of the Jupiter Trojans
15:30 – 15:45		Konstantin Batygin, Cal Tech A Dynamical Instability Formation Model Featuring Five Planets
		Session: Pluto/Atmospheres
15:45 – 16:00		Alan Stern, Southwest Research Institute Exploration of the Pluto System and KBOs by New Horizons Later in this Decade
16:00 – 16:20		Coffee
16:20 – 16:35		Silvia Protopapa, Max Planck Institute Pluto: Investigation of a Possible Resurfacing Process
16:35 – 16:50		Bonnie Buratti, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Seasonal Transport of Volatiles on KBOs
16:50 – 17:20		Panel Discussion
Tuesday, June 29
		Session: Binaries
9:00 – 9:45		Invited Talk Hilke Schlichting, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics Multiple Systems in the Kuiper Belt
9:45 – 10:00		Keith Noll, Space Telescope Science Institute The Biased Detection of Transneptunian Binaries
10:00 – 10:15		Will Grundy,Lowell Observatory Transneptunian Binaries: More Orbits and Statistics of Orbital Properties
10:15 – 10:30		Alex Parker, University of Victoria Ultra-Wide Trans-Neptunian Binaries: Orbits, Masses, and Dynamical Lifetimes
10:30 – 10:50		Coffee
10:50 – 11:05		Daniel Hestroffer, Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Éphémérides Orbital and Physical Characterisation of Trans-Neptunian Binaries with ESO/VLT
11:05 – 11:20		Francesca DeMeo, Observatoire de Paris Characterisation of the Binary System Orcus/Vanth with the ESO/VLT
11:20 – 11:35		Aleksandar Cikota, Universität Zürich (90482) Orcus as a Test Case for Astrometric Detection of Binaries
11:35 – 11:50		Simon Porter, Lowell Observatory Kozai and Tidal Friction Simulations of Multiple TNO Systems
11:50 – 12:05		David Nesvorný,Southwest Research Institute Formation of Kuiper Belt Binaries by Gravitational Collapse
12:05 – 12:35		Panel Discussion
Wednesday, June 30
		Session: Surfaces
9:00 – 9:45		Invited Talk Emily Schaller, University of Arizona Observations of TNO Surfaces
9:45 – 10:00		Guy Consolmagno, Vatican Observatory Inner Belt TNO Colors and Dynamical Characteristics
10:00 – 10:15		Wesley Fraser, California Institute of Technology Hubble Compositional Survey of Faint Kuiper Belt Objects
10:15 – 10:30		Audrey Delsanti, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille Surfaces of Trans-Neptunian Objects: Constraints from Visible and Near Infrared Broadband Photometry
10:30 – 10:50		Coffee
10:50 – 11:05		Antonella Barucci, Observatoire de Paris Why is the Surface of Sedna Heterogeneous?
11:05 – 11:20		Chadwick Trujillo, Gemini Observatory Where are the Primordial Solar System Ices?
11:20 – 11:35		Nuño Peixinho, University of Coimbra Classical Kuiper Belt Objects: Multiple Correlations off the Wall, One Correlation to Rule Them All?
11:35 – 11:50		Rachel Mastrapa, SETI Institute The Known Unknowns of Ices on TNOs
11:50 – 12:05		Daren Burke, University of Virginia Crystallization Kinetics of Amorphous Solid Water
12:05 – 12:20		Anne Verbiscer, University of Virginia Transneptunian Objects at True Opposition
12:20 – 12:35		Paul Ries, University of Virginia 3 mm Observations of TNO Analogues
12:35 – 14:30		Lunch
14:30 – 15:15		Invited Talk Rosario Brunetto, European Space Astronomy Centre TNO Surface Composition and Processing: Issues to be Addressed by Experimental Studies
15:15 – 15:30		Joshua Emery, University of Tennessee Surface Compositions of KBOs and Centaurs from Photometry Longward of 2.5 μm
15:30 – 15:45		Thomas Müller, Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik Thermophysical Characterisation of (90482) Orcus and (136472) Makemake from Herschel Observations
15:45 – 16:15		Panel Discussion
16:15 – 18:15		Poster Session
		S. Sonnett,  Institute for Astronomy (Hawaii), Surface Properties of Blue and Neutral TNOs A. Doressoundiram, Observatoire de Paris, Probing the Kuiper Disk Using ESO-VLT Chih-Yi Wen, Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, TAOS : The Upgrade Plan for New Frame Transfer CCD System Ying-Tung Chen, National Central University (Taiwan), The Discovery of Kuiper Belt Objects on NGVS: Strategy & First Year Results Sun-Kun King, Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Distance Estimate in a TNO Occultation Survey Paula Benavidez, Universidad de Alicante, Primordial Features of Trans-Neptunian Populations Zhi-Wei Zhang, Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, TAOS II: Detectability of Objects in the Outer Solar System Pavlos Protopapas, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Estimation of Event Rates for Sedna Like Objects for the Whipple Mission Pavlos Protopapas, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Whipple, End-to-End Simulations Charles Alcock, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, The Whipple Science Instrument and Spacecraft Chih-Yuan Liu, Observatoire de Paris, Search For Trans-Neptunian Objects Using COROT Asteroseismology Lightcurves Tim Lister, Las Cumbres Observatory, The LCOGT Network and an Application to Mutual Events of Haumea Lauranne Lanz, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, The Mid-Plane of the Kuiper Belt Federica Bianco, Las Cumbres Observatory, The LCOGT Network: Predicted KBO Occultations and Follow-Up of Pan-STARRS KBOs Matthew Tiscareno, Cornell University, Chaotic Diffusion of Resonant Kuiper Belt Objects Sylvia Protopapa, Max Planck Institute, Pluto: Investigation of a Possible Resurfacing Process Susan Benecchi, Planetary Science Institute, Studying Transneptunian Binaries with HST John Stansberry, University of Arizona, Final Spitzer Results for TNO Binaries Hsing-Wen Lin, National Central University (Taiwan), Identification of Wide TNO Binaries in PanSTARRS-1 Project S. Ipatov, Catholic University of America, Formation of Trans-Neptunian Binaries at the Stage of Rarefied Preplanetesimals Jason Cook, NASA Ames, Ammonia and Ethylene Glycol Ices in the Outer Solar System D. Perna, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Colors and Taxonomy of Trans-Neptunian Objects Esa Vilenius, Max Planck Institute, TNOs are Cool: A Survey of the Transneptunian Region with the Herschel Space Observatory Olivier Hainaut, European Southern Observatory, (19308) 1966 TO66 Rotational Light-Curve, Phase Effect, Light-Curve Variability Olivier Hainaut, European Southern Observatory, A Photometric Database for Minor Bodies in the Outer Solar System William Romanishin, University of Oklahoma, Multi-Epoch Lightcurves of Centaurs Thereus and Asbolus Audrey Thirouin, Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucia, A New Approach to Study KBOs Long-Term Variability: When Nights Last 24 Hours...
Thursday, July 1
		Session: Interiors, Oort Cloud, Miscellaneous
9:00 – 9:45		Invited Talk Amy Barr, Southwest Research Institute Interior Evolution of Kuiper Belt Objects: Perspectives from Icy Satellites
9:45 – 10:00		Pedro Lacerda, Queen’s University Belfast Primordial Prograde Rotation of Large KBOs
10:00 – 10:15		Mike Brown, California Institute of Technology The Extreme Compositional Variability of the Kuiper Belt
10:15 – 10:30		William Romanishin, University of Oklahoma Sunburnt Centaurs?
10:30 – 10:50		Coffee
10:50 – 11:05		John Spencer, Southwest Research Institute Searching for Kuiper Belt Object Flyby Targets for the New Horizons Spacecraft
11:05 – 11:20		Julio Fernández, Universidad de la República (Uruguay) Can the Existence of a Distant Solar Companion be Inferred through the Observed Comets Coming from the Oort Cloud?
11:20 – 11:35		Ramon Brasser, University of Nice Oort Cloud Formation at Various Galactic Distances
11:35 – 11:50		Martin Duncan, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario Capture of the Sun’s Oort Cloud from Stars in its Birth Cluster
11:50 – 12:05		Marc Kuchner, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Collisional Grooming Models of the Kuiper Belt Dust Cloud
12:05 – 12:35		Panel Discussion
12:35 – 12:55		Conference Summary
12:55 – 13:00		Next meeting

Walnut Theater Production of "Fiddler on the Roof"

We have obtained a block of tickets for the the Walnut Street Theater production of Fiddler on the Roof on June 30 at 8:00pm. The number of tickets is limited and cost $60/ticket at the group rate (see the Registration/Abstract page). The tickets will be allocated on a first come first served basis. The Walnut Street Theater is a 12-block walk from the Radisson Plaza-Warwick Hotel and a 10-block walk from the Marriott Courtyard.

Theater's Write-up on the Production

"It's time to continue the 'tradition' of great American musicals as we end our spectacular 201st season with one of Broadway's greatest musicals of all time, Fiddler on the Roof. This multi-award-winning musical has captured the hearts of people all over the world and finally makes its highly anticipated debut on the Walnut stage with an all-new production. As Tevye tries to hold onto his religion, his Russian-Jewish traditions and his five daughters, he learns that life is 'as shaky as a fiddler on the roof.' You'll dance with 'Matchmaker, Matchmaker;' laugh out loud with 'If I Were a Rich Man;' and find tears in your eyes with 'Sunrise, Sunset' and 'Anatevka.' This is a story that will last forever in your heart. Let's celebrate together. To Life! L'Chaim!"

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