Cometarysciencenews June
Nothing to report in the June edition of Cometary Science Newsletter. Literally: nothing.
Nothing to report in the June edition of Cometary Science Newsletter. Literally: nothing.
Not well shared: The Vera Rubin camera is in Chile, on-mountain. There was a fair amount of coverage of the LSSTCam’s completion, at Stanford’s SLAC lab, in April. But with little fanfare, the pre-ship review passed, the camera was packed… Read More »First Light in Sight…
Whew… May had its meetings, and now June (…plus) has more. I guess academics, postdocs, and students like the free time, but before it gets too hot. First, this week: Space Resources Roundtable 2024 – June 1 to 7, Boulder,… Read More »Meeting Month (ish)
I held out, but ultimately May is not a rich month for Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (vol. 530, #1): Aravind, K. et al. Optical spectroscopy of comets using Hanle Echelle Spectrograph (HESP) p. 393–404 stae666 We don’t… Read More »Note, Paper: Monthly, comet-y
I covered ApJ, here’s ApJL: …vol. 967, #1, May 20: Kareta, T. Noonan, J. W. Volk, K. et al. Jupiter Co-Orbital Comet P/2023 V6 (PANSTARRS): Orbital… L5 ad3dea Gomez Barrientos, J. de Kleer, K. Ehlmann, B. L. et al. Detection… Read More »Note, Paper: …more than a bit
In the May 20 issue of Astrophysical Journal (vol. 967 #1): S. Liu, W. M. Wood-Vasey, R. Armstrong et al. Testing the LSST Difference Image Analysis Pi… a10 ad3635Huang, Z. Toth, G. Gombosi, T. I. et al. Interaction between a… Read More »Note, Paper: bits and Bits
Our (consumer, off-the-shelf) telescopes are now made in China; what about the scientific-grade ones? The Chinese science program is no longer the world’s also-ran. You just need to look at author lists to see the obvious Chinese (including expat-Chinese) representation.… Read More »Note, Juan Zhu: CAA WA
Oddly coherent, this issue (May 2024, vol. 685) of Astronomy & Astrophysics: Poggiali, G. Fossi, L. Wargnier, A. et al. Grain size effects on the infrared spectrum of mineral mixt… A14 202347681 Alvarez-Candal, A. The multiwavelength phase curves of small… Read More »Note, Paper: A ‘n’ A- Grain Papers
Apollo Applications Program “asteroid mission” “NASA Halley Mission” [further Shuttle-era cancellations] Piazzi Vesta CRAF (Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby) Clementine (…technically) Clementine II NEAP/NEAF (Near-Earth Asteroid Prospector/Flyby) CONTOUR (Comet Nucleus Tour- yes, I know the case doesn’t work out) SOCCER (initial… Read More »Numquam Obliviscendi
Missed some from the June issue of Acta Astronautica (vol. 219). This one features speed, lots of speed: Salotti, J.-M. Can humanity survive to a giant comet impact? p. 603 .03.050 Karlapp, J. Heller, R. Tajmar, M. Ultrafast transfer of low-mass… Read More »Note, Paper: dV