Some significant works before we close out “…Asteroid Autumn” and 2023. Via the generosity of Planetary Science Journal:
Marchi, S. Nesvorny, D. Vokrouhlicky, D. et al. A Crater Chronology for the Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids
Beniyama, J. Ohsawa, R. Avdellidou, C. et al. Multicolor Photometry of Tiny Near-Earth Asteroid 2015…
Klimczak, H. Wilawer, E Kwiatkowski, T. et al. Optimization of Future Multifilter Surveys Toward…
Li, J. Kim, Y. Jewitt, D. The Wagging Plasma Tail of Comet C2020S3 (Erasmus)
And from our western friends, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific:
Ofek, E. O. Shvartzveld, Y. Sharon, A. et al. The Large Array Survey Telescope – Pipeline. I. Basic…
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A Crater Chronology for the Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids. Dec. 2023 Planet. Sci. J., vol. 166 iss. 6 p. 221 221, 10.3847/1538-3881/ad014f . Not an accident given the in-progress Lucy Mission. The chronology of these Trojans is very relevant.
Multicolor Photometry of Tiny Near-Earth Asteroid 2015 RN35 across a Wide Range of Phase Angles: Possible Mission-accessible A-type Asteroid. Dec. 2023 Planet. Sci. J., vol. 166 iss. 6 p. 229, 10.3847/1538-3881/ad0151 . We’re all about accessible asteroids here at the blog, and A-types may be Mars ejecta or otherwise of chronological and geochemical interest. And the phase information helps, too.
Optimization of Future Multifilter Surveys Toward Asteroid Characterization. Dec. 2023 Planet. Sci. J. vol. 166 iss. 6 p. 230, 10.3847/1538-3881/acf459 . Speaking of helpful information, color indices from medium-band filters are possibly the single biggest step to take in turning a dot into a characterized body.
The Wagging Plasma Tail of Comet C/2020 S3 (Erasmus) . Dec. 2023 Planet. Sci. J. vol. 166 iss. 6 p. 270, 10.3847/1538-3881/ad08af . Comets, and low-perihelion ones, are relevant not just as potentially hazardous objects but as heliospheric “probes”- hence, data from SoHO, STEREO, PSP, etc.
THE LARGE ARRAY SURVEY TELESCOPE – PIPELINE. I. BASIC IMAGE REDUCTION AND VISIT COADDITION. Dec. 2023 PASP vol. 135 iss. 1054 10.1088/1538-3873/ad0977 . Behold- advanced sky surveying by multi-aperture, lower-cost observatories.