MetMeSS-2022 (Online)

The Planetary Laboratory Analysis Section (PLAS), Planetary Sciences Division, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad is organizing its Second "Meteoroids, Meteors and Meteorites: Messengers from Space" virtual Symposium (MetMeSS-2022) on November 17-18 24-25, 2022. MetMeSS-2022 will feature broad research themes on Planetary Sciences, which include pre-solar to early solar materials, meteorites from undifferentiated and differentiated asteroids, Vesta, Moon and Mars returned samples from Solar system objects, impact cratering and shock metamorphism, planetary analogue studies using advanced analytical techniques from elemental to isotopic level. We solicit your cordial presence at this virtual program for the second "Meteoroids, Meteors and Meteorites: Messengers from Space" Symposium! .

Scientific Themes:

The symposium aims to the following scientific themes:

Presolar grains, Organics and Interplanetary Dust Particles

Early Solar System: Events and Processes

Differentiated Meteorites and Planetary Evolution: Achondrites, Moon and Terrestrial Planets

Space Weathering and Surface processing of planetary bodies

Micrometeorites and Meteorites fall/find records and Science

Impact Processes and intricacy of Shock metamorphism

Understanding Planetary Processes: Lessons from Analogue Studies

Role of meteors in the atmospheric and ionospheric processes

Science from Meteor Radars

Committees of

Scientific Organizing Committee
Anil Bhardwaj, PRL, Ahmedabad
Amit Kumar Patra, NARL, Gadanki
Jayanta K. Pati, Allahabad University
Sandeep Sahijpal, Panjab University, Chandigarh
Pankaj Jain, IIT, Kanpur
N. V. Chalpathi Rao, BHU, Banaras
Rajneesh Bhutani, Pondicherry University
Abhirup Datta, IIT, Indore
K. Kishore Kumar, SPL, Thiruvanthapuram
V. J. Rajesh, IIST, Thiruvanthapuram
Umesh Khadane, IIST, Thiruvananthapuram
Ramananda Chakrabarti, IISc, Banglore
Sujay Kanti Ghosh, IIT Kharagpur
Guneshwar Thangjam, NISER, Bhubaneswar
Satadru Bhattacharya, SAC, Ahmedabad
Varun Sheel, PRL, Ahmedabad

Dwijesh Ray (Convener), PRL, Ahmedabad

Ramakant R. Mahajan (Co-Convener), PRL, Ahmedabad
Dipak Panda (Co-Convener) PRL, Ahmedabad

Contact
Symposium on Meteoroids, Meteors and Meteorites: Messengers from Space
E-Mail:plas AT prl.res.in

MetMESS :

Local Organizing Committee
Debabrata Banerjee
Kuljeet K. Marhas
Amit Basu Sarbadhikari
A. D. Shukla
Yogita Kadlag
Vikram Goyal
Shreeya Natarajan
Garima Arora
Avadh Kumar
PLAS-PSDN group

Important Dates:

Registration Begins	01 October 2022
Registration Ends	01 November 2022 11 November 2022
Abstract Submission deadline	05 November 2022 11 November 2022
Symposium dates	17-18 November 2022 24-25 November 2022