Press abstracts : Eleventh Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 17-21, 1980

The Program Committee for the Eleventh Lunar and Planetary Science Conference has chosen these contributions as having the greatest potential interest for the general public. The papers in this collection have been written for general presentation, avoiding jargon and unnecessarily complex terms.Compiled by the Lunar and Planetary InstituteViking: A Continuing U.S. Presence on Mars / A.L. Albee, N. Evans, R.S. Saunders and C.W. Snyder--Impact Heating of H20 Ice Targets: Applications to Outer Planet Satellites / M.J. Cintala, J.W. Head and E.M. Parmentier--Io - the Enigma / F.P. Fanale--Occultation Observations of 3 Juno: A Direct Measure of Asteroid Size and Shape / A.W. Harris--The Evolution of an Impact Generated Atmosphere / M.A. Lange and T.J. Ahrens--Geology of the Icy Satellites of Jupiter / H. Masursky--Pioneer Venus Radar Results: Geomorphology from Imaging and Altimetry / H. Masursky, E. Eliason, P.G. Ford, G.E. McGill, G.H. Pettengill, G.G. Schaber and G. Schubert--Multi-Ringed Basins in the Solar System: A "New" Understanding of Their Origin / W.B. McKinnon and H.J. Melosh--Global Fault Patterns on Other Planets / H.J. Melosh--Shallow Moonquakes: Are They Comparable to Earthquakes? / Y. Nakamura--Periodicity in Io's Atmospheric Mass: Evidence from Post-Eclipse Brightness / D.B. Nash and D.L. Matson--Crystallization Sequence of the Lunar Magma Ocean: Clues from Trace Elements / M.D. Norman--Cometary Impact Calculations: Flat Floors, Multirings and Central Peaks / J.D. O'Keefe and T.J. Ahrens--Tidal Dissipation, Orbital Evolution and the Nature of Saturn's Inner Satellites / S.J. Peale, P. Cassen and R.T. Reynolds--Formation of Bowl-Shaped Craters / A.J. Piekutowski--Core Formation Dynamics and Primordial Planetary Dynamos / D.J. Stevenson