The LPSC: it’s a bit of a big deal. Arguably, this is the biggest single conference in the whole calendar, if you’re a planetary scientist (the PS in LPSC). I didn’t make it to Houston this year, so here’s my distillation of the program… your propellant consumption may vary:
Special Sessions (https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2025/special-sessions/)
Crater than the Sum of Its Parts: Impact Craters Across the Solar System
Interesting Ices: Brines, Mixtures, Clathrates, and Cryominerals of the Solar System
From Rubble to Riches: Insights from Samples of Carbonaceous Asteroids
Program (https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2025/technical_program/#20250310)
Monday, March 10, 2025
Special Session: From Rubble to Riches: Insights from Samples of Carbonaceous Asteroids
An Evaporite Mineral Sequence from Asteroid Bennu [#1102] McCoy T. J. et al.
Precipitation Sequences from Monotonic and Discontinued Evolution of Aqueous Fluids: Deducing the Stages of Development of Bennu’s Mineralogy [#2161] Manga V. R. et al.
Analysis of Ryugu Fluid Inclusions: Update [#1557] Dolocan A. et al.
Nitrogen- and Oxygen-Rich Organic Veins in Samples from Asteroid (101955) Bennu: Evidence for Processing of NH3-Containing Fluids [#1220] Sandford S. A. et al.
Coordinated Analysis of Samples from Near-Earth Asteroid Bennu Reveals Abundant Ammonia and Nitrogen-Rich Soluble Organic Matter [#1077] Glavin D. P. et al.
Analysis of Stones and Aggregate Material from Asteroid Bennu by Pyrolysis-Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry [#1446] Mojarro A et al.
Extraterrestrial Amines and Amino Acids in Samples from Asteroid Bennu [#2009] Parker E. T. et al.
Nanoglobules and Macromolecular Organic Matter in Samples of Asteroid (101955) Bennu by Coordinated Analysis [#1172] Clemett S. J. et al.
HAMP (Hydrated Ammonium-Magnesium-Phosphorus-Rich) Grains in Ryugu Samples with Major Biochemical Potential [#2001] Pilorget C. et al.
From Rubble to Riches 2: Insights from Samples of Carbonaceous Asteroids
Cosmogenic Radionuclides in Aggregate Samples and Stones of Interest from Asteroid Bennu [#2388] Welten K. C. et al.
Bennu Samples at Visible Through Thermal Infrared Wavelengths: Implications for Remote Sensing of Bennu and Other Carbonaceous Asteroids [#2131] Hamilton V. E. et al.
Kind of Blue: Reflectance Spectra of Bennu, Ryugu and a New Framework for Interpreting Remote Observations of Primitive Asteroids [#1331] Milliken R. E. et al.
Investigating Alteration Processes Recorded in the Phyllosilicates Present in Bennu Samples with a Combination of NIR Hyperspectral Microscopy and MIR Micro-Spectrometry [#1928] Nardelli L. et al.
Microchondrule-Like Exogenous Spherules in Aqueously Altered Carbonaceous Asteroids [#1247] Smith L. R. et al.
Presolar Grains in Angular and Hummocky Samples from Asteroid Bennu [#2067] Nguyen A. N. et al.
Impacts from the Field to the Lab: Hitting Close to Home
Simulating Chemical Reactions in Impact Vapor Plumes: Implications for Amino Acid Synthesis [#2022] Ochiai Y. et al.