Workshop on the Early Solar System Impact Bombardment September 14, 2008

Recognizing the community’s interest in the topic, the Lunar and Planetary Institute and NASA are organizing a workshop to explore this theme. The workshop will provide an opportunity to integrate several diverse components of the above topic, including an assessment of the geologic record of impact cratering throughout the solar system, cosmochemical constraints on any early bombardment, and dynamic models that might explain the flux of debris and potential changes in the flux of debris.

Although the Moon will likely be a central component of the discussion, it is hoped that the discussion will be informed by observations elsewhere, like Mercury, Mars, the asteroid belt, and outer solar system moons.

Official Website: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/bombardment2008/