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Melissa A. Morris, Physics Department, co-authored two abstracts presented at the American Astronomical Association Division of Planetary Sciences 46th annual meeting held Nov. 10-14 in Tucson, Ariz.: “Overcoming the Meter Barrier and The Formation of Systems with Tightly-packed Inner Planets (STIPs)” and “Measuring Fracture Properties of Meteorites: 3D Scans and Disruption Experiments.” As an attendee, she was invited to view a live feed of the Rosetta mission’s Philae lander, marking history of humans landing a spacecraft on a comet.