And now for a little change of venue. With the obvious exception of “mini-moons” (TCOs and TCFs) asteroid targets are in heliocentric orbits, and often at ranges measured in AUs. Round-trip light time is a few minutes, and it’s unrealistic… Read More »Note, Paper: A-Robot
In Nature Astronomy today (21 Oct.): Matthew A. Pasek, Ryugu’s unexpected phosphorus materials, s41550-024-02387-5 Not only was phosphate in asteroids significant (as I already blogged), but it’s news enough to have the journal Nature bring in an expert to give… Read More »Nature Review Piece- Yes, Nature
Some asteroids are active- shedding mass, like a comet. Bennu is one of them, observed by OSIRIS-REx to be ejecting pebbles to cobbles into space. Now, from the former Soviet, now Russian journal Solar System Research, for October 2024, vol.… Read More »Note, Paper: Activity Ahoy
In EPSL (Earth and Planetary Science Letters) for Nov 15 (vol. 646): Onyett, I. J. Schiller, M. Stokholm, M. et al. Silicon isotope compositions of chondritic componen… oart. 118985 .2024.118985 We live on Earth, in the inner Solar System. We… Read More »Note, Paper: Earth and Planetary Science LONG Letter
I said there was something coming. In the 15 Oct (vol. 251) issue of Planetary and Space Science: Alvaro Alvarez-Candal A. discussion on estimating small bodies taxonomies using phase curve… Article 105970 .105970 At detection, a new asteroid is… detected!… Read More »Note Paper: (minor) Planetary and Space Science
Not a more-famous journal, but this issue of New Astronomy (vol. 112, Nov) has something: Castro, A. Michel, R. Castro Segura, N. et al. First light simultaneous triple-channel optical observations of the OPTICAM system at the OAN-SPM art. 102262 .2024.102262… Read More »Note, Paper: New Asts, New Cams
Sorry, but I forgot the Astronomical Journal for September. In Volume 168, Number 3, 2024 September 2, there was one paper to mention, but what a mention: Yu, L-L. Probe the Regolith Characteristics of Asteroids from 9 yr Infrared Observations… Read More »Note, Paper: Beagle exploration…
In the Oct. (vol. 223) issue of Acta Astronautica: Kusumoto, T. Yasuda, S. Sugawara, Y. et al. Performance evaluation of rebound damping of targe… p. 36 .06.042Cottiga, S. Caruso, M. Gallina, P. et al. Proprioceptive swarms for celestial body explorationp. 159 .07.001Mitchell,… Read More »Note, Paper: Acta Ad aster
In the Oct. issue of Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 643: Zhang, T. A. Liao, S-Y. Wu, R-C. et al. L-chondrite body breakup in Ordovician strata in China – A time … Art. 118891 .2024.118891 We’re tracing the history… Read More »Note, Paper: Earth and Planetary Science L-Cs
…and to Astrophysical Journal, we can add ApJ Supplement Series. From the October ApJSS (vol.274, issue 2): Nesvorny, D. Roig, F. Vokrouhlicky, D. et al. Catalog of Proper Orbits for 1.25 Million Main-belt Asteroids and Discovery of 136 New Collisional… Read More »Note, Paper: “Supplement” to say the least