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Notes from #LPSC2012: what Saturn's moons can tell us about comets: http://is.gd/VxpeJ9

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RT @marschronicler: #LPSC2012 highlights from Tuesday: Mars Hydrology and Climate http://is.gd/XTJJal

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Notes from #LPSC2012: Making Cassini's radar images prettier http://is.gd/7PzONn

After spending weekend with Dad in Texas, kids and I are finally home from #LPSC2012. A great week -- so many notes to write up!

@DrMRFrancis I've not yet written up my Dawn notes. #LPSC2012

@jerichardsonjr Also: want to share your animations? I'd be delighted to post them in my blog. Cool stuff. #LPSC2012

@jerichardsonjr AVI is always a gamble. Animated GIFs have never failed me (provided the format is suitable for the movie) #LPSC2012

Well, this is the end of #LPSC2012 for me. Lots and lots of notes yet to write up!

I learned today that at root of #LPSC2012 wifi problems is that Marriott has only 40 Mb line shared among conf attendees, hotel, exhibitors

Minton: something has acted over age of the solar system to eat comets smaller than 5 km diameter; could be YORP #LPSC2012

The worst thing about the last day of a long conference is that I no longer have a hotel room to go take a nap in. #LPSC2012

Denevi: floor of Vesta's Marcia crater (big one in snowman) contains weird pitted terrain, impact melt. #LPSC2012

Beccera: halos form around Mars S.pole Swiss cheese pits in spring, but only some years. Probably fine grained CO2 frost #LPSC2012

Hansen: now in 3rd Mars year of watching dunes defrosting at N.pole. Seasonal activity starts very early in spring, by Ls 3 #LPSC2012

Frigeri: MARSIS radar sees all the way through Mars N.pole cap. Hidden at base is another Chasma Boreale, on opposite side of pole #LPSC2012

Prettyman: distribution of hydrogen on Vesta very unlike Moon; highest at equator. Very low H within Rheasilvia. #LPSC2012

DeSanctis: Vesta crust is almost pure pyroxene, with evidence for complex mineralogical layering in crater walls #LPSC2012

Zuber: GRAIL exceeding requirements for measurement sensitivity; just 15 days' data improves lunar gravity maps significantly #LPSC2012

To protect the innocent (and nerdy), I will now stop tweeting. #LPSC2012

You know it's an awesome nerdy party when a Japanese scientist makes it clear to you that "I am drunken" #LPSC2012

You know what? Most "nerds" are just wannabes. These dancing planetary geologists? They are NERDS. You can't compete. #LPSC2012

ZOMG DANCING GEOLOGISTS. Rarely will you find a crowd so geeky and yet so awsum. #LPSC2012

Partying planetary scientists below, Venus and Jupiter above, Mars behind me. #LPSC2012 http://t.co/OjoDKTCL

The last #LPSC2012 poster session being over, it's now time for traditional U. Arizona party, featuring dancing geologists.

Had a very constructive conversation with #LPSC2012 media relations person about how to improve communication to outside world next year.

Talked with Sean Solomon about how insane it is that MESSENGER, a Discovery mission, has 7 instruments (which are really like 10) #LPSC2012

Look, it's me and @terakinizers talking Hayabusa 2 at #LPSC2012. I can't wait to see Hayabusa's younger brother fly! http://t.co/IEQFiXHi

Chatted at #LPSC2012 with some PDS reps: they're moving to XML for metadata. Will be easier, but amateurs will have to develop new tools.

Mittlefehldt: bright materials in Vesta's fresh crater walls are pyroxene rich, erosion-resistant; looks like intact bedrock #LPSC2012

Prettyman: GRaND measurements of hydrogen on Vesta: VERY preliminary, but so far, consistent with ~400ppm abundance in chondrites #LPSC2012