PDS/SBN October 13-14 2009 Rosetta Asteroid Steins Flyby Data REVIEW

The PDS/SBN October 13-14 2009 Rosetta Asteroid Steins Flyby Review will take place at the College Park campus of the University of Maryland (UMCP), located north of the District of Columbia, just inside the Washington Beltway (Rte.495 & 95). The review will begin at 8:30 am, Tuesday, October 13 2009 in room 2316 of the Computer and Space Sciences Building. The review will conclude at 5:30pm, Wednesday, October 14 2009. Following are links to information about the campus, local amenities and meeting logistics.

Meeting Logistics

• Agenda

• Local Contacts:
  • Anne Raugh, CSS Room 2336, 301-405-6855
  • Mike A'Hearn, CSS Room 2337A, 301-405-5024
  • Ludmilla Kolokolova, CSS Room 2337D, 301-405-1539
  • Andrew Wehrli, CSS Room 2337, 301-405-5024

Campus & Vicinty

• The University maintains a general on-line Visitors site.

• Here is a collection of directions for finding us, by car, shuttle, and/or foot.

• Here's a campus map. The Computer and Space Sciences building (number 224) is located in the northwest quadrant, at about E-7 in this map.

• A list of area hotels

• Nearby restaurants (note that, particularly for on-campus establishments, schedules may vary drastically during finals week or between semesters):
  • Off campus
  • On campus

Notes for Drivers

• Rush Hour: Rush hour around the Capitol Beltway (I-495 and I-95) is well underway by 6:00am and lasts until 9:30-10am. In the area of campus it affects the outer (westbound) beltway and southbound surface roads in the morning and the inner (eastbound) beltway and northbound surface roads in the evening. Evening rush begins at about 3:30-4pm and lasts until about 7pm. The suspension of classes at the University has a small positive effect on the Beltway and a large positive effect on the surface roads running past the campus. Plan accordingly.

• Traffic Reports: Radio station WTOP (a CBS affiliate all-news station) provides traffic reports for the DC, Beltway, and Northen Virginia areas every 10 minutes starting 8 minutes past the hour, 24 hours a day. They are at 103.5FM (103.9FM in western MD) and http://wtop.com.

• Class Schedules: Attempting to drive onto campus in a reasonable amount of time during morning class rush is doomed to failure, so it is worth noting the predominant class schedule for the day on which you arrive:
  • Monday, Wednesday and Friday: Classes are on the hour, every hour, starting at 8am. Classes let out at 10 minutes before the hour.
  • Tuesday and Thursday: Classes start every 90 minutes, beginning at 8am (8am, 9:30am, 11am, etc.). Classes let out 15 minutes before the next class.

  The worst traffic comes in the 20 minutes preceeding the start of the first two classes of the day. We have set the agenda times with these class schedules in mind.

• Parking Parking will be available at the DD parking lot which is located right near the Computer and Space Science Bldg (East side). You must contact Andrew Wehrli for a hang tag by two weeks prior to the meeting and provide a postal address for mailing of the permit to allow parking in this garage. General parking is also available at the Visitor's Lot located on Paint Branch Drive and the Visitor's lot located further up Stadium Drive near Byrd Stadium. Payment is collected upon departure from these lots. There are some meters distributed around campus, but these are generally filled by students whenever classes are in session.

• Local Road Lingo:
  • Baltimore Ave = Baltimore Blvd = Route 1. The main entrance to campus is located at about the 7600 block of Baltimore Ave.
  • University Blvd = Greenbelt Road. It's called "University Blvd" west of Route 1 and "Greenbelt Rd" east of Route 1. The Stadium Drive entrance to campus is on University Blvd.
  • The Washington, D.C. Beltway is a circular road comprised of routes 495 and 95. It runs around Washington, through Maryland and Virgina, crossing the Potomac River at two points. The "Outer Loop" of the Beltway is those lanes of traffic which travel counter-clockwise around D.C.; the "Inner Loop" is the lanes that travel clockwise around D.C. The Inner and Outer loops are just the two sets of travel lanes of the same road - the Beltway.
  • Baltimore also has a Beltway, but its route number is 695. Traffic reports on WTOP seldom mention the Baltimore Beltway, and when they do they always identify it as "the Baltimore Beltway," frequently adding "Route 695."

• ASCII character map of the main campus entrance and the Computer and Space Sciences building.

Last update: 28 August 2009, S.Narayanan