Asteroids: is there anything they can’t do? The NASA Fundamental Physics Workshop was this week, in San Diego. Among the topics was Graham et al.’s concept for asteroids as a physics instrument: Day 2 (Wed), Session 7, 4:25: Fundamental Physics… Read More »Fund.Phys.Wkshp.2024: Ring the Rock Gong!
Quick Advances in Space Research hit for 15 May (vol. 73, issue 10): Du, Z. Jiang, H. Yang, Y. Deep learning-assisted near-Earth asteroid tracking in astronomical i… p. 5349 .02.048 No shortage of talk (and talk, and talk…) about AI.… Read More »Note, Paper: AdvSpRes’ Adv Res
And now the May 1 Astronomical Journal (vol. 167 #5): Ofek, E. O. Polishook, D. Kushnir, D. et al. Asteroid Collisions: Expected Visibility and Rate a 190 ad2c03 Ding, X. Song, Z-M Wang, C-J et al. Detection of Contact Binary… Read More »Note, Paper: AJ, change-J
Topical (or would that be subdural?) work in the May (v. 372) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta: Fowler, S. J. Sherman, D. M. Brodholt, J. P. et al. Mineral-water reactions in Earth’s mantle: Predictions from Born theory and … p. 111… Read More »Aqu-al-ways (Float paper)
A new paper in Meteoritics & Planetary Science brings up a key issue: Michalik, T. Maturilli, A. Cloutis, E. A. et al. 05 April 2024 Laboratory VIS-NIR reflectance measurements of heated Vesta regolith… 14156 Water on Vesta. Water on the… Read More »Moat Paper: Vesta’s Water
There has been a recurring theme through the past, oh, 15 years or more of Small-Body science. The April issue (vol. 243) of Planetary and Space Science is like heavy rotation: Kokhirova, G. I. Zhonmuhammadi, A. I. Khamroev, U. H.… Read More »Comet-Asteroids by Shower (Mote Paper)
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
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
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