Happy weekend. The January issue of Photonics Spectra happens to touch upon two aspects of small-body science; we’re becoming inescapable. Jérémy Picot-Clémente (Photonics Paves a Path to the Emerging New Space Sector, p. 80), notes how, in multiple photonic-relevant ways,… Read More »On The Rocks: See Spot Orbit. Spot Likes to Orbit!
Space Science Reviews has THE paper on the Comet Interceptor mission (for now). This is a whopper, with introduction sections as big as some “normal” papers. I lost count of the figures, which includes glamour shots of incoming hardware. Previously,… Read More »Whoa, Paper: Comet Interceptor in SSRv
Might seem odd for me to cite Meteoritics and Planetary Science. But the journal, formerly titled “Meteoritics,” now promotes itself as covering the starting point of planetesimals, and therefore planets, and therefore us. Meanwhile, the primitive meteorites give us our… Read More »Note, Paper: Meteoritics and, oh…EVERYTHING
And the final day of the conference: – Dr. B. Holler presented on the Roman Space Telescope (ex-WFIRST). It is on track for launch in a few short years. That’s the good news; too bad small-body mission aspects have been… Read More »SBAG, Winter 2024-Day 3
– The Hera mission (ESA’s follow-up orbiter, after DART) is on track; if there’s an issue, it’s that the switch to Falcon launch requires reconfiguration and retest of the downlink. First Hera comm is just after launch, and now US-practice,… Read More »SBAG, Winter 2024-Day 2
“What an awesome time it is to be a planetary scientist” –Lori Glaze, NASA head of planetary science First thing: breaking news. Kelly Fast, presenting for the NASA PDCO (Planetary Defense Coordination Office) claims meteorites have been reported from last week’s asteroid… Read More »SBAG, Winter 2024-Day 1
It’s January, that means it’s time for SBAG! Everyone, I’ll be reporting on SBAG30- the thirtieth biannual meeting of the community’s Small Bodies Assessment Group. Overwhelmingly US, there is frequently international representation; the steering group now includes a Japanese rep,… Read More »SBAG, Winter 2024
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society looks like a rich resource. Of course, that’s partly because it’s a deep source, with multiple “issues” per month. In any case: Correa-Otto, J. García-Migani, E. Gil-Hutton, R. The population of comet candidates… Read More »Note, paper: More Monthly
Unlike last month, the January Astronomy and Astrophysics (vol. 681) is a little light: de la Fuente Marcos, R. de la Fuente Marcos, C. When the horseshoe fits: Characterizing 2023 FY3… A4 10.1051/0004-6361/202347663 Vokrouhlický, D. Nesvorný, D. Brož, M. Debiased… Read More »Note, paper: …to look back at Jan
The March Icarus (issue creep?), already accessible, is juicy as always: Grundy, W. M. Wong, I. Glein, C. R. et al. Measurement of D/H and 13C/12C ratios in methane… 115923 Nesvorny, D. Vokrouhlicky, D. Shelly, F. et al. NEOMOD2: An… Read More »Note, Paper: en March