Nearing the end of this year’s Europlanet meeting. The program for this day is particularly small-body-related: Keynote lecture SB “Highlights of Hayabusa 2 sample return mission” by Patrick MichelKeynote lecture TP by “An estimate of the impact rate on Mars… Read More »Europlanet. Sci. Congress 2024, Part Epsi (SSSB)
The Astrophysical Journal doesn’t usually fall in my purview, except today. From vol. 973, September 20: Shoji, D. Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Micrometeoroid Bombardment for Space Weathering of Asteroid (162173) Ryugu art. 13 ad70b0 Ground telescopes had classed Ryugu… Read More »Note, Paper: Aquaphysical J
Like GCA, the journal Icarus is digital and doesn’t have twelve “issues” per year. So time to catch up, with October (vol. 421): Wargnier, A. G. Doressoundiram, T. Poggiali, A. et al. Spectro-photometry of Phobos simulants. I… Art 116216 .2024.116216Wimarsson, J.… Read More »Note, Paper: Icarus Insert
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