In this biweek’s IAU WGSBN Bulletin (#2413), good news and ‘bad’ news. The asteroid, formerly under the provisional designation (2001) CC21, has now been officially named. The small body is now one of the targets of the Hayabusa2 extended mission… Read More »On The Rocks: The Sacred to the Profane
Catching up with Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 382, for Oct: Sugawara, S. Fujiya, W. Kawasaki, N. et al. Update on the 53Mn-53Cr ages of dolomite in the Ivuna CI chondrite and asteroid Ryugu sample p. 40 .08.013Anand, A. Spitzer, F.… Read More »Note, Paper: Chimica et Atomica
Looks like the September “issues” (vol. 533, issues #1-3) of Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society are all finished. Some picks of mine: Carrascosca, H. Muñoz Caro, G. M. Martín-Deménech, R. et al. Formation and desorption of sulphur …… Read More »Note, Paper: Monthly Notices Royal Atomical
…and to Astrophysical Journal, we can add ApJ Supplement Series. From the October ApJSS (vol.274, issue 2): Nesvorny, D. Roig, F. Vokrouhlicky, D. et al. Catalog of Proper Orbits for 1.25 Million Main-belt Asteroids and Discovery of 136 New Collisional… Read More »Note, Paper: “Supplement” to say the least
Nothing of note- or much at all- in 1 Oct.’s Planetary and Space Science (vol. 250). Don’t worry, there appears something in the pipe for 15 Oct. Why’d they bother with half-month “issues” if it’s all digital anyway?
Nearing the end of this year’s Europlanet meeting. The program for this day is particularly small-body-related: Keynote lecture SB “Highlights of Hayabusa 2 sample return mission” by Patrick MichelKeynote lecture TP by “An estimate of the impact rate on Mars… Read More »Europlanet. Sci. Congress 2024, Part Epsi (SSSB)
The Astrophysical Journal doesn’t usually fall in my purview, except today. From vol. 973, September 20: Shoji, D. Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Micrometeoroid Bombardment for Space Weathering of Asteroid (162173) Ryugu art. 13 ad70b0 Ground telescopes had classed Ryugu… Read More »Note, Paper: Aquaphysical J
Like GCA, the journal Icarus is digital and doesn’t have twelve “issues” per year. So time to catch up, with October (vol. 421): Wargnier, A. G. Doressoundiram, T. Poggiali, A. et al. Spectro-photometry of Phobos simulants. I… Art 116216 .2024.116216Wimarsson, J.… Read More »Note, Paper: Icarus Insert
This one’s big, and by that I don’t mean “Ceres.” Pamerleau, I. F. Sori, M. M. Scully, J. E. C. An ancient and impure frozen ocean on Ceres implied by its ice-rich crust, Nature Astronomy 18 Sep 2024 s41550-024-02350-4 First… Read More »Note, Paper: Serious Ceres Ice
Yes, I know it was days ago and I’m falling behind. I said it was a big meeting, with lots of talks. TP9 Thu, 12 SepImpact Processes in the Solar System Chrysa Avdellidou; Co- Robert Luther, Elena Martellato, Isabel Herreros,… Read More »Europlanet. Sci. Congress 2024, Part Delta