Training School Program
The training school Rocks from Space and Planetary Defence provides both theoretical knowledge and practical skills in meteorites, meteoroids, comets, asteroids and impact craters, their origins, and their associated phenomena. Our solar system’s small bodies (rock, dust, ice and metal) are leftovers from the formation of our solar system 4.6 billion years ago, that never evolved into planets. They are a lot like a fossil record of our early solar system, they can reveal secrets about our origins, and might offer clues about where the water and raw materials that made life possible on Earth came from. Students will acquire the fundamentals of processes that have shaped the terrestrial planets and their moons, and asteroids. The course will feature both overview lectures on background theory and laboratory activities including astromaterials in the form of meteorites and analogue materials. Recent and ongoing planetary missions will be highlighted. The training school is organized into the following 4 modules: Module 1 – Planetary Surface Module 2 – Impact Craters Module 3 – Meteorites Module 4 - Geochemistry Lab. activities and seminar lectures will complete the program. Lectures will be delivered in French and English.
25.04.2023
Hôtel Club Val d'Anfa Casablanca
Lectures will be delivered in French or English (local time).
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10:00 - 10:30
Registration-Rocks from Space and Planetary Defence Europlanet WorkshopSeries
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10:30 - 10:40
Welcome-Earth Observation Techniques and data Analysis Workshop
Prof. B. Cavalazzi (English and French) -
10:40 - 10:50
Welcome from the Europlanet H24 RI Coordinator
Prof. N. Mason (English) -
10:50 - 11:00
Welcome from Hassan II University of Casablanca
French -
11:00 - 11:30
Welcome from the Moroccan Geological Survey
French -
11:30 - 12:30
Exoplanets and their atmospheres in the Era of James Webb Space Telescope (Key Note seminar)
Prof. Z. Benkhaldoun; in presence (French) -
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch break
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13:30 - 14:30
Meteorites: A General Introduction (lecture 3.1)
Prof. L. Folco, in presence (English) -
14:30 - 14:40
Pioneering the dissemination of astroscience in sub-Saharan Africa.
Dr. S. Jheeta, online (English) -
14:40 - 15:00
Coffee Break
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15:00 - 16:00
Impact craters I (lecture 1.1)
Dr. A.P. Rossi, online (English) -
16:00 - 16.50
Meteorites: Introduction to Geochronology/Introduction à la Géochronologie (lecture 4.1)
Prof. V. Debaille, in presence (French) -
16:50 - 17:40
Chondritic Meteorites and their Record of the Planet Building era (lecture 3.2)
Prof. L. Folco, in presence (English)
26.04.2023
Hôtel Club Val d'Anfa Casablanca
Lectures will be delivered in French or English (local time).
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09:00 - 10:00
Impact craters II (lecture 1.2)
Dr. A.P. Rossi, online (English) -
10:00 - 10:20
Coffee Break
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10:20 - 11:20
Observing Planetary Surfaces from the Orbit I/ Observer les Surfaces Planétaires depuis l’Orbite I (lecture 2.1)
Dr. D. Baratoux, in presence (French) -
11:20 - 12:00
Non-chondritic meteorites and their record of the planetary differentiation (lecture 3.3)
Prof. L. Folco, in presence (English) -
12:00 - 13:00
Cosmochemistry: Meteorite Dating / Cosmochimie: Datations des Météorites (lecture 4.2)
Prof. V. Debaille, in presence (French) -
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch Break
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14:00 - 14:50
Cosmochemistry: Nucleosynthetic Anomalies/ Cosmochimie: Anomalies Nucléosynthétiques (lecture 4.3)
Prof. V. Debaille, in presence (French) -
14:50 - 15:40
Observing Planetary Surfaces from the Orbit II/ Observer les Surfaces Planétaires depuis l’Orbite II (lecture 2.2)
Dr. D. Baratoux, in presence (French) -
15:40 - 16:00
Coffee Break
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16:00 - 17:00
Remote Sensing Techniques I/ Un Panorama des Techniques de Télédétection I (lecture 2.3)
Dr. D. Baratoux, in presence (French) -
17:00 - 17:40
Protection of terrestrial habitat with space architectures - The space weather case study (Invited Seminar)
Dr. S.L. Ivanovski, in presence (English)
27.04.2023
In the morning the practical activity will be only in-presence at the Hassan II University of Casablanca. In the afternoon the normal activities will take place at the Hôtel Club Val d'Anfa Casablanca.
Lectures will be delivered in French or English (local time).
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09:00 - 12:30
Lab. activities (only for in-presence attendants, Hassan II University of Casablanca)
Prof. H. Chennaoui Aoudjehane, in presence (French) -
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch Break (Hôtel Club Val d'Anfa Casablanca)
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14:00 - 14:50
Expanding the Composition of the Solar System through Micrometeorites and Interplanetary Dust Particles (IDPs)
Prof. L. Folco, in presence (English) -
14.50 - 15.20
African Meteorites: State of the Art (Invited Seminar)
Prof. H. Chennaoui Aoudjehane, in presence (French) -
15:20 - 15:40
Coffee Break
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15:40 - 16:20
The story of Motopi Pan Meteorite: from impact threat to Botswana heritage (Invited seminar)
Prof. F. Franchi, in presence (English) -
16:20 - 17:10
Planetary defense - overview of how we can address the Near-Earth Object (NEO) impact hazard (Invited Seminar)
Dr. S.L. Ivanovski, in presence (English) -
17:10 - 17:30
Sorvegliati Spaziali Project: an innovative outreach project on Planetary Defense (Invited Seminar)
Dr. D. Guidetti, online (English) -
18:00 - 19:00
Visit of the Exhibit-Museum: Meteorites messengers of sky by ATTARIK Foundation.
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20.00
Social dinner
Val d'Anfa Hotel, Angle Boulevard De L'Océan Atlantique et Boulevard De La Corniche, Ain Diab, Casablanca 20180 Maroc
28.04.2023
Hôtel Club Val d'Anfa Casablanca
Lectures will be delivered in French or English (local time).
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09:00 - 09:40
Mars Samples Return and the multidisciplinary potentials of Retuned Sample Science (Invited Seminar)
Dr. K. Hickman-Lewis, in presence (English) -
09:40 - 10:25
Astromaterial Curation (Invited Seminar)
Prof. C. Smith, online (English) -
10:25 - 10:40
Coffee Break
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10:40 - 11:30
Impacts and life (Invited Seminar)
Prof. D.A. Kring, online (English) -
11:30 - 12:20
Public Engagement in Astrophysics (Invited Seminar)
Dr. C. Boccato, in presence (English) -
12:20 - 12:30
Closure of the Training School and certificate delivery.