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Program
Wednesday 6
location: Centro San Gaetano, via Altinate
| 16.00 - 18.00 | meeting of Scientific Organizing Committee (last details on the Symp 269; information on the IAY closing ceremony program) |
| 18.00 - 20.00 | welcome reception |
Thursday 7
morning: Aula Magna University
| 8:30 | late registrations |
| 09.00 - 09.30 | Welcome Addresses (Rector of University, Mayor of Padova, President of IAU, President of COSPAR, Barbieri) |
| Session 1, The discovery of the Medicean Moons, the history, the influence on human sciences Chair: R. Williams |
Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 09.30 - 09.55 (1) | G. Coyne | Galileo's telescopic observations: the marvel and meaning of discovery |
| 09.55 - 10.20 (2) | D. Sobel | Popular Perceptions of Galileo |
| 10.20 - 10.45 (3) | T. Owen | The slow growth of human humility |
| 10.45 - 11.10 (4) | G. Peruzzi | A new Physics to support the Copernican system. Gleanings from Galileo's works |
| 11.10 - 11.35 | Coffee break | |
| Session 1b Chair: T. V. Johnson |
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| 11.35 - 12.00 (5) | A. Righini | Telescope in the making, the Galileo first telescopic observations |
| 12.00 - 12.25 (6) | M. Mendillo | The Appearance of Medicean Moons in 17th Century Astronomical Maps and Charts - How Long Did it Take ? |
| 12.25 - 12.50 (7) | K. Aksnes | What we have learned from the eclipses and occultations of the Galilean moons |
12.50 - 14.20 Lunch in the Basilica adjacent to Aula Magna
14.20 - 14.40 Transfer to Palazzo San Gaetano (10 min guided walk)
| Session 2, The Medicean Moons, Jupiter's system, the legacy of NASA Galileo, future missions to Jupiter Chair: T. Owen |
Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 14.45 - 15.10 (8) | T. V. Johnson | Modern Exploration of Galileo's New Worlds |
| 15.10 - 15.35 (9) | M. G. Kivelson | Medicean Moons Sailing Through Plasma Seas |
| 15.35 - 16.00 (10) | S. Chakrabarti | Ultraviolet Aurora on Jupiter: A Magnetic Connection with the Sun and the Medicean Moons |
| 16.00 - 16.30 (11) | Coffee break | |
| Session 2b Chair: M Fulchignoni |
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| 16.30 - 16.55 (12) | R.M. Lopes | Io After the Galileo Spacecraft: Results and unanswered questions |
| 16.55 - 17.20 (13) | S. Okano | Diffuse Sodium in the Solar System |
| 17.20 - 17.45 (14) | N. Schneider | Jupiter and Io NaD questions |
| 17.45 - 18.10 (15) | W. Ip | The Jovian Rings |
| 18.10 - 19.00 | Poster session |
21:00 - 22:30 Concert (Sala dei Giganti, Piazza Capitaniato).
The concert is kindly offered by the Galilean School of Higher Education.Friday 8
Palazzo San Gaetano
| Session 3, Future missions to Jupiter (cont.) Chair: Th. Encrénaz |
Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 09.00 - 09.25 (16) | S. Bolton | Future exploration of Jupiter with the mission Juno |
| 09.25 - 09.50 (17) | M. Blanc | The search for habitable worlds in the Galilean moons 400 years after their discovery: EJSM, an international space program for the modern of the Jupiter system |
| 09.50 - 10.15 (18) | R. Pappalardo | Past end Future Exploration of Europa |
| 10.15 - 10.40 (19) | L. Zelenyi | EUROPA LANDER: scientific rationale and technical implementation |
| 10.40 - 11.05 | Coffee break | |
| Session 4, Our solar system after Galileo, the grand vision Chair: R. Pappalardo |
Speaker | Title |
| 11.05 - 11.30 (20) | S. Atreya | "Atmospheric" moons Galileo would have loved |
| 11.30 - 11.55 (21) | L. Prockter | The exploration of Mercury by the MESSENGER spacecraft |
| 11.55 - 12.20 (22) | A. Coradini | The formation of regular satellites |
| 12.20 - 12.45 (23) | B. Foing | The Moon as seen from recent space probes (400 years after Galileo) |
12.45 - 14.05 Lunch break Palazzo San Gaetano
| Session 4b, Our solar system after Galileo, the grand vision Chair: A. Coradini |
Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 14:05 - 14.30 (24) | M. Grande | Chandrayaan Lunar results |
| 14.30 - 14.55 (25) | P. Smith | Imag(in)ing Mars: from Galileo to Phoenix |
| 14.55 - 15.20 (26) | M. Fulchignoni | "SMAISMRMILMEPOETALEUMIBUNENUGTTAURIAS" |
| 15.20 - 15.55 (27) | Th. Encrenaz | Jupiter and the other giants: a comparative study |
| 15.55 - 16.30 (28) | Coffee break | |
| Session 4c Chair: S. Atreya |
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| 16.30 - 16.55 (29) | A. Morbidelli | Eppur si muove: giant planets migration in our Solar System during the gas-disk and planetesimal-disk phases |
| 16.55 - 17.20 (30) | H.U.Keller | Comets - from Galileo to Rosetta |
| 17.20 - 17.55 (31) | A. Barucci | The outer Frontiers of Solar System |
| 17.55 - 18.20 (32) | C. Pilcher | Astrobiology of Icy Worlds |
| 18.20 - 19.00 | Poster session |
20.00 Conference Dinner, tour of Galileo's food and wine guided by Prof. A.Righini (Arcetri), Location Army's Officers Club, Prato della Valle
Saturday 9
Palazzo San Gaetano
| Session 5a, New telescopes, new solar systems, new people out there? Chair: M. Mendillo |
Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 09.00 - 09.25 (33) | K. Noll | The Galilean satellites in context: Comparisons with HST and JWST |
| 09.25 - 09.55 (34) | M. Tarenghi | New Telescopes |
| 09.55 - 10.20 (35) | P. Salinari | High Contrast Observations with New Telescopes |
| 10.20 - 10.45 (36) | M. Coradini | ESA plans for Solar System exploration |
| 10.45 - 11.05 (37) | E.Flamini | ASI plans for Solar System exploration |
| 11.05 - 11.30 | Coffee break | |
| Session 5b Chair: G. Coyne |
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| 11.30 - 11.55 (38) | D. Queloz | Searching for planets: let's rocks... |
| 11.55 - 12.20 (39) | G. Consolmagno | New Worlds, New Civilizations? |
| 12.20 - 12.45 (40) | Roger Bonnet | concluding remarks |
