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!
And now the May 1 Astronomical Journal (vol. 167 #5): Ofek, E. O. Polishook, D. Kushnir, D. et al. Asteroid Collisions: Expected Visibility and Rate a 190 ad2c03 Ding, X. Song, Z-M Wang, C-J et al. Detection of Contact Binary… Read More »Note, Paper: AJ, change-J
Monthly Notices RAS, like Acta Astronautica, comes in three “issues” per “month” (since they’re virtual anyway). Here’s vol. 529, #4: April 2024- Betzler, A. S. Sekiguchi, T. A statistical analysis of over three thousand meteors and their spect… p. 3408… Read More »Note, Paper: Mo. Astr.’s more ash
Can’t forget Icarus, the Solar-System-dedicated journal. Now, From June (v. 415): Tang, Y. Lauretta, D. S. Ballouz, R. L. et al. Characterization of a mass movement site in Ben… a 116056 .2024.116056Smirnov, E. A. A comparative analysis of machine learning… Read More »Note, Paper: Icarus (2)