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Planetary Science Conference 2026

23–24 Oct 2026
Kraków, Poland
Europe/Warsaw timezone

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Mercury, Venus, Mars

23 Oct 2026, 14:30
Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej (Kraków, Poland)

Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej

Kraków, Poland

ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11

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Mercury, Venus, Mars

  • Bartosz Pieterek (Institute of Geology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań)

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  1. 18. Machine-Learning Algorithms for MERTIS Spectral Classification In Support of BepiColombo Investigations of Mercury
    Marta Skiścim (AGH University of Krakow)
    23/10/2026, 14:30
    Talk

    BepiColombo is the joint European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) mission to Mercury. It carries the Mercury Radiometer and Thermal Infrared Spectrometer (MERTIS), the first instrument designed to obtain thermal-infrared spectra of Mercury at wavelengths of 7–14 µm. During the fifth Mercury flyby in December 2024, MERTIS acquired more than 1.4 million surface...

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  2. 23. Nonlinear Mode Competition and Pulse Thermal Reorganization in Venus Mantle Convection: A Reduced-Order Study
    Abhiram M S (Department of Geology and Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur)
    23/10/2026, 14:45
    Talk

    Venus lacks plate tectonics, yet its highland–lowland topography and clustering of coronae and volcanic provinces suggest large-scale organization of mantle upwelling and downwelling. We test whether such organization can emerge without imposing a preferred lateral asymmetry through nonlinear interaction between near-degenerate convective modes, within a hypothesis termed pulse thermal...

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  3. 5. How Many Times Did a Martian Volcano Erupt?
    Bartosz Pieterek (Geohazard Research Unit, Institute of Geology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland)
    23/10/2026, 15:00
    Talk

    Volcanic systems on Earth commonly evolve through repeated eruptive episodes, comprising discrete events grouped into phases. The accumulation of volcanic deposits builds the edifice while obscuring evidence of the system's evolution through space and time. Recent terrestrial eruptions can be characterized at high temporal resolution using satellite- and UAV-based observations supplemented by...

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  4. 34. Beyond the Rover's Reach: High-Resolution Martian Mapping with the Ingenuity Helicopter
    Paweł Czernic (Warsaw University of Technology)
    23/10/2026, 15:15
    Talk

    The Mars 2020 mission revolutionized planetary exploration by introducing the first extraterrestrial rotorcraft – Ingenuity. While orbiters provide essential global context and rovers offer highly localized surface observations, a scale gap has persisted in Martian terrain mapping. This presentation demonstrates how low-altitude rotorcraft imagery can successfully bridge this gap, delivering...

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  5. 12. A Past Wind Regime on Mars, as Recorded by Transverse Aeolian Ridges
    Alex Barrett (The Open University)
    23/10/2026, 15:30
    Talk

    Transverse Aeolian Ridges (TARs) are decametre scale bedforms, ubiquitous on the surface of Mars. TARs are are oriented perpendicular to the direction of the prevailing peak winds. Since TARs do not appear to be moving in the present day, their orientation likely records the wind patterns during historic epochs when the environmental conditions on Mars were more conducive to mass movement than...

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