…we continue with Day 3 (see also Days 1 and 2): Program (https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2025/technical_program/#20250310) Wednesday, March 12, 2025 Space Weathering https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2025/technical_program/?session_no=403Effect of Oxygen Ion Irradiation on the Visible, Infrared, and Raman Spectra of Phobos Candidate Materials: Implications on the Space Weathering… Read More »56th LPSC (2025): Wed, Day 3
…and the LPSC continues (see Day 1). On to Day 2: Program (https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2025/technical_program/) Tuesday, March 11, 2025 Impact Modeling: Striking LooksFormation of Asteroid (16) Psyche by a Giant Impact [#1317] Cambioni S. et al. Chondrites and Components: Our Rocks Chond-Rule!H,… Read More »56th LPSC (2025): Tue, Day 2
Private spacecraft builder AstroForge is wary about hopes for its Odin asteroid prospector. As the craft recedes from Earth, attempts to reestablish communications and issue new commands get slimmer and slimmer, like the radio link. I’ll keep following, just in… Read More »AstroForge Odin Update (Down Day?)
The LPSC: it’s a bit of a big deal. Arguably, this is the biggest single conference in the whole calendar, if you’re a planetary scientist (the PS in LPSC). I didn’t make it to Houston this year, so here’s my… Read More »56th LPSC (2025): Mon, Day 1
Launch delay, again. The SPHEREx mission (plus the PUNCH cluster as secondary payloads) is on hold for the time being; issues with the Starship rocket apparently warrant an investigation across the SpaceX booster lineup.
There’s (about to be) a new journal in the Solar System Science domain: Planetary Research. And it’s quite an intriguing lede. According to organizers, they can hold their costs down, and run an open title, without even authors’ fees. Have… Read More »New Note: Planetary Research
Good Acta Astronautica for March (vol. 228): Ge, D. Shen, X. Liang, Z. et al. Efficient selection of asteroid landing sites using composite guidance vectors Page 121 .11.055Yang, Y. Zhou, S. Yuan, S. et al. Optimization design and mechanism study… Read More »Note, Paper: Gas Up… or Ast Up?
In the Astronomical Journal for March Volume 169 Number 3: Li, J. Shi, J. Ma, Y. et al. Hydrogen Cyanide in Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) from 3.4 mm Wave Spectra article 126 ada7e7Wu, L. Zhang, Q. Lainey, V. et al. A… Read More »Note, Paper: Astronomi-kill Journal
The launch of the Odin asteroid mission, from AstroForge, was successful. Unfortunately, that’s about the only thing we can say for sure just yet. Separation occurred, and the probe appears to be powered and transmitting, but no useful radio link… Read More »AstroForge Odin OK?
Before we get to LPSC, there’s a German conference coming up soon: (deep breath) Towards New Frontiers: The Astrochemical Journey from Young Stellar Nurseries to Exoplanets, in Garching, next week. Yes, this is relevant as comets, (most) asteroids, and transition… Read More »Astrochemical New Frontiers Conference