The CPS organizes and hosts 6 Planet Days each year at the University of Toronto, Scarborough campus. Each retreat typically involves 2 distinguished international visitors and 1 UofT speaker. Ample time is reserved for discussions and new exchanges of ideas. These retreats serve as gathering points for the entire University of Toronto Earth / Solar System / Exoplanet community.

2013/14 Planet Days:

• Wednesday 26th March 2014

  Speakers:
  • Sean Solomon, Columbia University
    Exploring the Planet Mercury with the MESSENGER Spacecraft: Seeking Clues to the Formation and Evolution of the Inner Planets
  • Rebecca Ghent, University of Toronto
    Probing the Lunar Regolith: Physical Properties from Remote Sensing
  • Jeremy Leconte, University of Toronto
    A 3D Perspective on the Inner Edge of the Habitable Zone



• Wednesday 26th February 2014

  Speakers:
  • Shun Karato, Yale University
    Composition and Origin of the Moon
  • Alessandro Morbidelli, Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur
    Solar system Formation and Evolution
  • Quinn Konopacky, University of Toronto
    Orbits and Atmospheres of Directly Imaged Exoplanets



• Wednesday 29th January 2014

  Speakers:
  • Adam Showman, University of Arizona
    Topics in the Dynamics of Giant-Planet Atmospheres and Satellites
  • Stanimir Metchev, University of Western Ontario
    Weather on Other Worlds
  • Norman Sleep, Stanford University
    Seismic Regolith: Maximum Past and Future Earthquake Shaking and a Habitable Planetary Environment



• Wednesday 4th December 2013

  Speakers:
  • Andrew Howard, University of Hawaii
    Earth-sized Extrasolar Planets
  • Joseph A. Burns, Cornell University
    A Few Things about Saturn's Rings
  • Kimberly Strong, University of Toronto
    Millibars on Mars: Exploring the Atmosphere of the Red Planet



• Friday 18th October 2013

  Speakers:
  • Marc Garneau, MP for Westmount - Ville-Marie, Astronaut
    Keynote lecture for CPS inauguration
  • James Kasting, Penn State
    Is the Earth Rare?
  • Sabine Stanley, University of Toronto
    Planetary Magnetism: From Mercury to Hot Jupiters