…to continue, a big push at LPSC was space weathering, of both Ryugu and Bennu. -Both Ryugu and Bennu grains show some palpably space-weathered surfaces, presumably the outward sides of exposed (surface) regolith particles. The space weathering is palpable as… Read More »LPSC Meeting 2024, part 2
Another LPSC (Lunar and Planetary Science Conference) has come and gone. While there’s a Japanese and a Euro conference each year, and more recently British and Chinese meetings, let’s put it on the table: LPSC is big, especially since Ryugu… Read More »LPSC Meeting 2024, part 1
Wow, what a mother lode in the March issue (vol. 167, #3) of AJ. Transition objects galore: Explicit comets (including high, supervolatile-based activity), Kuiper Belt- and Jupiter Trojan-objects (likely quasi-comets that just don’t warm up enough), and general sky search:… Read More »Note, Paper: Astronomical Journal, pre-Vernal
Lots of energetic events in the “February” issues of MNRAS (Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society). MNRAS 2024 vol. 528 (February), issue 1: Yang, H. Yee, J. C. Hwang, K.-H. Systematic reanalysis of KMTNet microlensing events, paper I:… p.11… Read More »Note, Paper: Bump/Flash/Crash in the night
A good Feb issue (vol. 215) of Acta Astronautica, the less-tangible, harder-vacuum title of the AIAA: Stipsits, S. Legal considerations on a regional security organization for planetary defence p. 117 10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.11019 Bellome, A. Sánchez, J. P. García Mateas, J. C.… Read More »Note, Paper: Acta Ast(e)ronautica
This month’s Astronomy and Astrophysics is… an improvement (for us here) compared to Jan, but it’s no Dec: Edberg, N. J. T. Erikkson, A. I. Vigren, E. et al. Scale size of cometary bow shocks A51 /202346566 Bourchelle de Micas,… Read More »Note, Paper: Euro-Yarko
Last tidbits of asteroid-relevant papers in MNRAS (Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society) for January (vol. 527, issue 4): Xin, Y. Shi, J. Ma, Y. et al. Research of the Family Associations of Active Ast… p. 10309 10.1093/mnras/stad3883/7478013 Jiao,… Read More »Note, Paper: Yet More Monthly
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
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