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
Catching up with Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 642 (15 Sep): Rider-Stokes, B.G. Stephant, A. Anand, M. et al. Evidence against water delivery by impacts with… Article 118860 .2024.118860 Bekaert, D.V. Caracausi, A. Marty, B. et al. The low primordial… Read More »Note, Paper: Earth AND Plan. Sci. Lett.
The journal GCA isn’t monthly, like a lot of journals these days. So it’s time to catch up; here’s Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta vol. 381, for 15 Sep: Noguchi, T. Nakashima, D. Ushikubo, T. et al. Chondrule-like objects and a Ca-Al-rich… Read More »Note, Paper: Geo-Comet-A
Quickly: this October will be the 43rd International Meteor Conference, by the IMO: imc2024.imo.net Meteor showers are the phenomena we see when many bits enter Earth’s atmosphere and burn up. Those bits are the coarser particles shed in the tails… Read More »International Meteor Conference 2024
…yet more EPSC. I said it was a meeting comparable to LPSC. https://www.epsc2024.eu/ Programme – browse by day & time OPS3 Wed, 11 Sep Convener: Axel Hagermann | Co-: Stefan Schröder, Günter Kargl From Ceres to Pluto – Exploring the… Read More »Europlanet. Sci. Congress 2024, Part Gamma
Days ago, the call went out. The time committee of the Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) opened up for early-2025 (that is, semester A) proposals. That means astronomy groups can now submit their applications for IRTF observing. In case you aren’t… Read More »2025A Solicitation: IRTF Time
News: we have spotted a new “Mini-Moon” (Temporarily-Captured Orbiters, or more specifically a Temporarily-Captured Flyby): iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2515-5172/ad781f de la Fuente Marcos, C. de la Fuente Marcos, R. A Two-month Mini-moon: 2024 PT5 Captured by Earth from September to November, Res. Notes AAS,… Read More »4th Known TCO (“Mini-Moon”)
Europlanet Conference, continued from last time. https://www.epsc2024.eu/ Programme – browse by day & time SB6 Tuesday, 10 September Surface and interiors of small bodies, meteorite parent bodies, and icy moons: thermal properties, evolution, and structure Convener: Wladimir Neumann | Co-conveners:… Read More »Europlanet. Sci. Congress 2024, Part Beta
I had spoken too soon about the August issue of Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. There was something there, something rather worthy. And here’s September, too: vol. 379 AugYui, H. Urashima, S.-h. Onose, M. et al. Pyrrhotites in asteroid 162173 Ryugu:… Read More »Note, Paper: Mea C. A.