ASTEROIDS: Origin, evolution and characterization
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SUBMISSION DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TILL FEBRUARY 15th

Call for Papers: ICARUS Special Issue on Asteroids

A brief introduction:

Asteroids are small, usually rocky, bodies that primarily populate a region of the solar
system between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter known as the asteroid belt.  However, they
can also be found throughout the solar system.  As leftovers from the formation of the
solar system, these bodies carry the signature of the birth of our planetary system. Their
properties allow testing of current theories and open doors to the development of new
theories pertaining to different evolutionary processes in the solar system. 

There have been major advances in asteroid science in the last decade, and as that trend
continues, we think it is an appropriate time to incorporate manuscripts reporting the
results of new research from the field into a single special journal issue. Expecting that
this will increase the impact and visibility of these papers, we have made arrangements
with the journal Icarus for the publication of a special issue on asteroids. 

The special issue is associated with the mini-symposium on asteroids organized during
the Stardust Final Conference on Asteroids and Space Debris, but participation in the
conference is not a requirement for submitting a manuscript for consideration in this
special issue.

Topics of interest include, but are NOT limited to:

    Near-Earth Asteroids and Impact Hazards
    Surveys and Exploration 
    Asteroid Population Models 
    Asteroid Origins and Characterization
    Asteroid Compositions
    Asteroid Spins, Sizes, and Shapes
    Asteroid Interiors
    Asteroid Families
    Active Asteroids
    Collisions and Cratering 
    Orbit Determination and Propagation
    Dynamical Evolution

Submission Format:

The submitted papers must be written in English and describe original research 
which is not published nor currently under review by other journals or conferences. 
Author guidelines for preparation of manuscript can be found at 
https://www.elsevier.com/journals/icarus/0019-1035/guide-for-authors
For more information, please contact the editorial office at icarus@astro.cornell.edu
Pre-submission questions regarding topics of interest can also be directed to bojan@math.rs

Guest Editors: 

Bojan Novakovic,       University of Belgrade, Serbia
Henry Hsieh,           Planetary Science Institute, USA; Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Giovanni F. Gronchi,   Universita di Pisa, Italy

Important Dates:

Deadline for paper submission: February 15th 2017

Submission Guidelines:

Manuscripts and any supplementary material should be submitted through the 
EVISE e-learning platform. The authors must select "Asteroids: Origin, Evolution & Characterization"
when they reach the "Select Issue Type" step in the submission process. 
The EVISE website is located at https://www.evise.com/profile/#/ICARUS/

Please feel free to suggest possible reviewers for your paper.
Submitted manuscripts will go through the standard review process, and 
there is no guarantee that a given paper will be accepted for 
publication. ICARUS has no page charges, but does charge for color art.

We strongly encourage the redistribution of this announcement to any 
colleagues who you believe might have an interest in submitting a 
manuscript to the special issue.