Sorry, but I forgot the Astronomical Journal for September. In Volume 168, Number 3, 2024 September 2, there was one paper to mention, but what a mention: Yu, L-L. Probe the Regolith Characteristics of Asteroids from 9 yr Infrared Observations… Read More »Note, Paper: Beagle exploration…
Icarus, the international journal of solar system science, is all about the flow rates this month (if you consider photons or dust a flow). In vol. 422, for 1 Nov 2024: McGraw, L.E. Emery, J.P. Thomas, C.A. et al. Spatially dependent… Read More »Note, Paper: Fluxarus
It’s Sep 30, and Astronomy & Astrophysics still says “in progress.” Let’s hope that’s just bad copyediting on the part of the journal staff. From vol. 689 (September 2024), at least a big one: M. Lippi, L. Ferellec, C. Opitom,… Read More »Note, Paper: Big Aaa Issue
Is there something also happening at Science group, something positive? In Science Advances Vol. 10, Issue 39, two things positive: De Sanctis, M. C. Baratta, G. A. Brucato, J. R. et al. Recent replenishment of aliphatic organics on Ceres from… Read More »Note, Paper: Sci Adv, also Ad ast
In the Oct. (vol. 223) issue of Acta Astronautica: Kusumoto, T. Yasuda, S. Sugawara, Y. et al. Performance evaluation of rebound damping of targe… p. 36 .06.042Cottiga, S. Caruso, M. Gallina, P. et al. Proprioceptive swarms for celestial body explorationp. 159 .07.001Mitchell,… Read More »Note, Paper: Acta Ad aster
In the Oct. issue of Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 643: Zhang, T. A. Liao, S-Y. Wu, R-C. et al. L-chondrite body breakup in Ordovician strata in China – A time … Art. 118891 .2024.118891 We’re tracing the history… Read More »Note, Paper: Earth and Planetary Science L-Cs
Is something happening at Nature Group, something positive? Three days, four items in NatAstronomy: Pilorget, C. Baklouti, D. Bibring, J.-P. et al. 25 September 2024 Phosphorus-rich grains in Ryugu samples with major biochemical potential s41550-024-02366-w Bennu (via the OSIRIS-REx sample)… Read More »Note, Paper: Nature AWESOMY
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