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
For those following the Lucy mission (since you’re on this site), several papers in Space Science Reviews (quite the source): Reuter, D.C. Simon, A.A. Lunsford, A. et al. L’Ralph: A Visible/Infrared Spectral Im… vol. 219, 69 10.1007/s11214-023-01009-2 Weaver, H.A. Wilson,… Read More »Lucy: Now actually in the sky
Can’t close out 2023 without the December Astronomy & Astrophysics– A good one: Bemporad, A. Pennella, S. Battams, K. et al. Analysis of the first multi-band observations… vol. 680, A90 Vaubaillon, J. Ye, Q.-Z. Egal, A. et al. A new… Read More »Note, Paper: Yesterday’s A & A
Some significant works before we close out “…Asteroid Autumn” and 2023. Via the generosity of Planetary Science Journal:
Marchi, S. Nesvorny, D. Vokrouhlicky, D. et al. A Crater Chronology for the Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids
Beniyama, J. Ohsawa, R. Avdellidou, C. et al. Multicolor Photometry of Tiny Near-Earth Asteroid 2015…
Klimczak, H. Wilawer, E Kwiatkowski, T. et al. Optimization of Future Multifilter Surveys Toward…
Li, J. Kim, Y. Jewitt, D. The Wagging Plasma Tail of Comet C2020S3 (Erasmus)
And from our western friends, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific:
Ofek, E. O. Shvartzveld, Y. Sharon, A. et al. The Large Array Survey Telescope – Pipeline. I. Basic…
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