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
Normally, I might not bother with the big AAS meeting- there’s a separate DPS meeting (last Autumn) for Planetary Sciences, and why wade through cosmology, obscure neon lines, etc.? But this year, there’s some material, and of course, a telescope… Read More »AAS243 Wrapup (Scrapup?)
Besides Acta Astronautica, other journals within Elsevier have works of some regard: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 626 Nesvorný, D. Dauphas, N. Vokrouhlický, D. et al. Isotopic trichotomy of main belt asteroids from… 118521 Planetary and Space Science, vol.… Read More »Note, Paper: Elsevier Elsewhere
January’s Acta Astronautica is a mother lode: Schmidt, N. Planetary defense governance: Thirty years of development and the multilateral… p. 343 10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.10.050 Jamschon, L. Garry, M. Albrecht, R. et al. Diplomatic, geopolitical and economic consequences… p. 496 10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.10.052 Melamed, A.… Read More »Note, Paper: The other A A
Recently-discovered asteroid 2024 BX1 is… no more, it’s now meteorites (somewhere). Discovered just last week by Krisztián Sárneczky, of Hungary’s Konkoly Observatory, the object entered over eastern Germany and appeared as an obvious fireball. This is Sárneczky’s third pre-impact detection;… Read More »Ein Asteroid Impaktor… und Meteoriten?
A quick note, since this story is yet to be written: Antarctic meteorite collection (at least, by US teams) has finally restarted after the pandemic. Meanwhile the Japanese and the Belgians (jointly, sure) were back out last season. This should… Read More »On Ice: Meteorite Field Season back in season
Happy Saturday. In weekend news, congratulations to Adam McKay, director of Don’t Look Up, and now honored by the official naming of the provisional 2005 AM26, now (227033) Adamjmckay. Let’s all lift up our glasses to McKay, the WGSBN, the… Read More »On The Rocks: (227033)(formerly known as AM26)