Deep diving as usual in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, this volume (374): Yamamoto, D. Kawasaki, N. Tachibana, S. et al. An experimental simulation of oxygen isotope exchange reaction between amorphous silicate dust and carbon monoxide gas… p. 93 .04.014 Smith,… Read More »Note, Paper: On the bubble
…before I continue with ExMAG, a recap of AbSciCon. The AGU‘s Astrobiology conference (“AbSciCon” for short) just took place, this time in Providence, Rhode Island. Dworkin, J. P. McLain, H. L. Parker, E. T. et al. A Search for Extraterrestrial… Read More »AbSciCon 2024 meeting
The NASA ExMAG meeting (Extraterrestrial Materials Assessment Group) for Spring, 2024 is going on now. Day 1 status (mostly preliminaries): 1. General statuses. Updates on Perseverance Rover and Ingenuity air test (RIP- not news). Updates on FY24 budget (since March… Read More »ExMAG Spring 2024 meeting
Asteroids: is there anything they can’t do? The NASA Fundamental Physics Workshop was this week, in San Diego. Among the topics was Graham et al.’s concept for asteroids as a physics instrument: Day 2 (Wed), Session 7, 4:25: Fundamental Physics… Read More »Fund.Phys.Wkshp.2024: Ring the Rock Gong!
Planetary and Space Science, May (vol. 244) is about the mineralogy/petrology: Markus, K. Arnold, G. Moroz, L. et al. Laboratory reflectance spectra of enstatite and ol… a 105887 .2024.105887 Bourget, A. Prem, P. Blewett, D. et al. Optical polarization studies of latex beads in aque… a 105891 .2024.105891 Enstatite and… Read More »Note, Paper: PSS petro-spec
Another quick update, this time on Vera Rubin. Real progress now made, the LSST Cam finished at Stanford. Final prep before shipping to Chile. Also (in Chile) the huge M1/M3 mirror is silvered- bare glass now a mirror. Can’t wait!
Just a brief status update. Lots of things happening, like two meetings: the biennial AbSciCon (Astrobiology Science Conference) in Providence, RI as I write this. And starting: a conference on the NEO Surveyor mission, in San Diego (NOT Tucson!): Science… Read More »…midcourse…
Quick Advances in Space Research hit for 15 May (vol. 73, issue 10): Du, Z. Jiang, H. Yang, Y. Deep learning-assisted near-Earth asteroid tracking in astronomical i… p. 5349 .02.048 No shortage of talk (and talk, and talk…) about AI.… Read More »Note, Paper: AdvSpRes’ Adv Res
This ~month’s Bulletin on Small Bodies Nomenclature from the IAU lists new asteroid name (270588) Laurieanderson. The “Mars crosser” (technically only), formerly 2002 LA6, is now named for musician and multimedia artist Laurie Anderson, whose resume makes the rest of… Read More »On The Rocks: Strange Angels
It’s a new month, time for a new Cometary Science Newsletter. This month’s edition mentions the (first) Korean Planetary Conference, this July 22-25 organized by IBS in Daejeon. Hurry, the (free!) registration deadline is soon (submission deadline already passed). July… Read More »Cometarysciencenews May- Anyeonghasimnika!