Yes, it’s time for the 33rd Meeting of the NASA Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG). https://www.lpi.usra.edu/sbag/meetings/sbagjune2025/ See the schedule: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/sbagjune2025/technical_program/?session_no=101 Really, the overarching theme was the strangling of planetary science, and not just at small bodies. We are talking about… Read More »Summer 2025 SBAG Meeting, Day 1
Clearly, no shortage of press about the Vera Rubin Observatory, but: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/science/rubin-telescope-asteroids.htmKenneth Chang Jun 23 Vera Rubin Telescope Quickly Found 1,200 New Asteroids …this one’s of particular relevance here. There was a Times story on Vera Rubin in general, and… Read More »Vera Rubin Upholding
There’s a June Cometary Science Newsletter. In short: TU Braunschweig is seeking a student/researcher for active asteroids. The Technical University of that north German town wants an additional member, full-time, for their small-body group. Have a look.
The press conference for the first release of images from the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory just wrapped. Granted, the embargo lifted at midnight this morning, so news outlets already posted their stories with the two ‘glamour shots’. Still, there… Read More »Vera Rubin Release: M49, Trifid/Lagoon
It’s a bit arbitrary with Meteoritics & Planetary Science. Meteors and planets are both relevant to asteroids, but we have to cut things off somewhere. The June issue (vol. 60, #6) includes: Alevy, E. G. Dunn, T. L. Krot, A. N.… Read More »Note, Paper: C-Pieces Detail Read
No shortage of coverage for Vera Rubin, but… https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-06-22/vera-rubin-observatory-universe-never-before/105442694Ellen Phiddian The Vera C Rubin Observatory is about to show us the universe like never before …this one is abc-relevant, and I don’t mean the publisher. ABC is Australia’s equivalent of the… Read More »Vera Rubin Down Under
Some works of note in MNRAS Letters for July (vol.541): Snodgrass, C. Holt, C. E. Kelley, M. S. P. et al. First JWST spectrum of distant activity in long-period comet C/2024E1 (Wierzchos) p. L8 slaf046Basha, R. D. Klein, Y. Y.… Read More »Note, Paper: Small Clues to Small Bodies
You know the Vera Rubin Observatory is still a big deal when it make the New York Times. www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/19/science/rubin-observatory-camera.htmlJonathan Corum, Kenneth Chang Jun 19 Earth’s Largest Camera Takes 3 Billion-Pixel Images of the Night Sky Not as in-depth as the Science… Read More »Vera Rubin Uptown
There’s a mid-month issue of Icarus, so let’s get caught up. In vol. 435 (15 July 2025): Shou, Y. Combi, M. Feaga, L. et al. Surface activity of H2O and CO2 on comet 103P/Hartley2 derived from EPOXI/HRI images Article 116557 … Read More »Note, Paper: Spray Papers
The “month” of June for MNRAS (Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society) is a bit light. But the papers present are serious: Volume 539, Issue 4, June 2025Avdellidou, C. Bhat , U. Bujdoso, K. et al. Kalliope sings rock… Read More »Note, Paper: Splat Stats