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January’s Acta Astronautica is a mother lode:

Schmidt, N. Planetary defense governance: Thirty years of development and the multilateral… p. 343 10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.10.050
Jamschon, L. Garry, M. Albrecht, R. et al. Diplomatic, geopolitical and economic consequences… p. 496 10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.10.052
Melamed, A. Rao, A. Kreps, S. et al. Popular impact: Public opinion and planetary defense… p. 505 10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.10.053
Algethami, A. R. McInnes, C. R. Ceriotti, M. The capture of small near-Earth asteroids in a… p. 545 10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.11.006
Bull, R. Atchison, J. Bradfield, J. et al. Hypothetical asteroid 2023 PDC mass measurement… p.619 10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.10.049
Merrill, C. C. Geiger, C. J. Tahsin, A. T. M. et al. Creating a contact binary via spacecraft impact… p. 629 10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.11.030
Melamed, N. Heinsheimer, T. Applying centrifugal propulsion to enable asteroid deflection, p. 658 10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.10.051
Xiu, W. Long, J. Zhu, S. et al. Landmark robust selection for asteroid landing visual… p. 655 10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.11.029

This is an even-numbered year, so there’s no Planetary Defense Conference. Apparently those in the field are used to releasing in late winter anyway.

Also note the blurbs the publisher gave for Melamed et al. 2024: “High trust in scientists correlates with an accurate estimation of threat probability.” In other words, informed people are informed people; people who dismiss scientists don’t know that they don’t know.

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