And now we sharpen the pencils. In this issue (Jul) of Advances in Space Research: Kikuchi, S. Shirai, K. Ishibashi, K. et al. Simultaneous geometric calibration and orbit-attitude det… p. 899 .04.057 Peña-Asensio, E. Sánchez-Lozano, J. M. Statistical equivalence of metrics… Read More »Note, Paper: Adv (math) in Space Res
Summer means a Summer meeting of the Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG, www.lpi.usra.edu/sbag/). Now, my recap of Day 2. (see Day 1) – An update of DESTINY+, JAXA’s mission to rock comet (3200) Phaethon. Yes, a rock comet. Ground observations… Read More »SBAG, Summer 2024 day 2
It’s time for another SBAG meeting (NASA Small Bodies Assessment Group, www.lpi.usra.edu/sbag/). This one was a bit light; we’re in a moment of history where, by chance, missions are either pending launch (under construction), or launched (in cruise, and nothing… Read More »SBAG, Summer 2024 day 1
Nothing so far in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Too bad- PASP is usually very worth my while.
Just a reminder: This week is SBAG mid-2024, the biannual NASA Small Bodies Assessment Group meeting. It’s this Thursday and Friday, virtual: www.lpi.usra.edu/sbag/meetings/sbagjuly2024/ Want a teaser? www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/sbagjuly2024/technical_program/ This is not to be missed, certainly not by me.
I don’t post much about Aerospace, a relatively new journal. It’s clear that space is second, aero (i. e., Bernoulli’s Law, not Tsiolkovskiy’s) is first. Still, there’s some space content: Aerospace vol. 11 #6, JunFarina, D. Machrafi, H. Queeckers, P.… Read More »Note, Paper: Space, …aero
Catching up with AJ (Astronomical Journal)- not a fertile field of silicate bodies. But Solar System astronomy is astronomy, eh: vol. 168 # 1, Jul 2024Moorhead, A. V. Vida, D. Brown, P. G. et al. A Reference Meteor Magnitude for Interco… a 16ad496eSilber, E. A. The Utility… Read More »Note, Paper: Target Insights
The REBOUND meeting is about to happen: hannorein.github.io/rebound24/ “will be a fully remote two-day meeting on the N-body integrator REBOUND, a software package that can integrate the motion of particles under the influence of gravity”. The entire field of dynamical… Read More »REBOUND (dynam/mechanics code) meet 2024
I mentioned the name-that-asteroid contest. (And I mentioned HSC…) But why just (re)name some existing celestial body when you can (co)discover one? web-coias.u-aizu.ac.jp COIAS is short for Come On! Impacting ASteroids. The COIAS program, new this May, is an opportunity… Read More »Virtual (Very large?) Observatory: COIAS asteroid hunt!
…and speaking of Gaia: the EAS (European Astronomical Society) 2024 conference is going on right now. It’s not all that relevant to this blog, since there’s a separate EPSC (Euro Planetary Science Conference), and they take care not to overlap… Read More »2024 EAS meeting (Gaia data)