On The Rocks: LPI Edition…

Still working on all the results from this year’s Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (55th LPSC), but… “LPI” doesn’t stand for Laugh please, it’s funny. That doesn’t mean astronomers don’t have a sense of humor. Not even astronomers who aren’t native English speakers:

NEAR-INFRARED SPECTRAL HOMOGENEITY OF THE DIDYMOS SYSTEM BEFORE AND AFTER THE DART IMPACT. S. Ieva, E. Mazzotta Epifani, E. Dotto et al. #1889.pdf

“The mission, together with its cubesat companion ASI Light Italian Cubesat for Imaging of Asteroids (LICIACube, [2]) was a smashing success, reaching all of its scientific goals”

Thanks, we’re crackin’ up here.