Planetary Science Seminar

Planetary Science Seminar

In the seminars of the Planetary Science Department, scientists, post-doctoral students, and guests report on discoveries and research results of the missions and projects concerning planets, comets, asteroids, and planetary dust.

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PGS: Deciphering the iron isotope anomalies of the refractory inclusion reservoir: Insight from AOAs in CV chondrites (Maxime Piralla)

Planetary Science Seminar
  • Date: May 4, 2026
  • Time: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Maxime Piralla
  • MPS
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung
  • Room: Auditorium
  • Host: Jan Hellmann
A rocky celestial body in blue hues in front of a dark blue background. The body's shape is spherical, and it is surrounded by much smaller, also spherically-shaped bodies. The scene's vicinity has a nebular quality to it, which is partially illuminated by a bright light on the top right.

PGS: Refractory Minerals – Archives from the Early Solar System (Xin Yang)

Planetary Science Seminar
  • Date: May 11, 2026
  • Time: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Xin Yang
  • MPS
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung
  • Room: Auditorium
  • Host: Jan Hellmann
A rocky celestial body in blue hues in front of a dark blue background. The body's shape is spherical, and it is surrounded by much smaller, also spherically-shaped bodies. The scene's vicinity has a nebular quality to it, which is partially illuminated by a bright light on the top right.

PGS: Germanium isotopes reveal dual origin of volatile element depletion among the oldest planetesimals (Elias Wölfer)

Planetary Science Seminar
  • Date: May 18, 2026
  • Time: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Elias Wölfer
  • MPS
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung
  • Room: Auditorium
  • Host: Jan Hellmann
A rocky celestial body in blue hues in front of a dark blue background. The body's shape is spherical, and it is surrounded by much smaller, also spherically-shaped bodies. The scene's vicinity has a nebular quality to it, which is partially illuminated by a bright light on the top right.

PGS: Optimisation of future in situ Martian soil analyses with MOMA GC-MS (Guillaume Leseigneur)

Planetary Science Seminar
  • Date: Jun 8, 2026
  • Time: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Guillaume Leseigneur
  • MPS
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung
  • Room: Auditorium
  • Host: Jan Hellmann
A rocky celestial body in blue hues in front of a dark blue background. The body's shape is spherical, and it is surrounded by much smaller, also spherically-shaped bodies. The scene's vicinity has a nebular quality to it, which is partially illuminated by a bright light on the top right.

PGS: tba (Aryavart Anand)

Planetary Science Seminar
  • Date: Jun 15, 2026
  • Time: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Aryavart Anand
  • MPS
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung
  • Room: Auditorium
  • Host: Jan Hellmann
A rocky celestial body in blue hues in front of a dark blue background. The body's shape is spherical, and it is surrounded by much smaller, also spherically-shaped bodies. The scene's vicinity has a nebular quality to it, which is partially illuminated by a bright light on the top right.

PGS: Mercury surface analysis using MESSENGER and BepiColombo data (Azar Arghavanian)

Planetary Science Seminar
  • Date: Jun 29, 2026
  • Time: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Azar Arghavanian
  • MPS
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung
  • Room: Auditorium
  • Host: Jan Hellmann
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