…and the LPSC continues (see Day 1). On to Day 2: Program (https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2025/technical_program/) Tuesday, March 11, 2025 Impact Modeling: Striking LooksFormation of Asteroid (16) Psyche by a Giant Impact [#1317] Cambioni S. et al. Chondrites and Components: Our Rocks Chond-Rule!H,… Read More »56th LPSC (2025): Tue, Day 2
The LPSC: it’s a bit of a big deal. Arguably, this is the biggest single conference in the whole calendar, if you’re a planetary scientist (the PS in LPSC). I didn’t make it to Houston this year, so here’s my… Read More »56th LPSC (2025): Mon, Day 1
Good Acta Astronautica for March (vol. 228): Ge, D. Shen, X. Liang, Z. et al. Efficient selection of asteroid landing sites using composite guidance vectors Page 121 .11.055Yang, Y. Zhou, S. Yuan, S. et al. Optimization design and mechanism study… Read More »Note, Paper: Gas Up… or Ast Up?
In the Astronomical Journal for March Volume 169 Number 3: Li, J. Shi, J. Ma, Y. et al. Hydrogen Cyanide in Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) from 3.4 mm Wave Spectra article 126 ada7e7Wu, L. Zhang, Q. Lainey, V. et al. A… Read More »Note, Paper: Astronomi-kill Journal
Before we get to LPSC, there’s a German conference coming up soon: (deep breath) Towards New Frontiers: The Astrochemical Journey from Young Stellar Nurseries to Exoplanets, in Garching, next week. Yes, this is relevant as comets, (most) asteroids, and transition… Read More »Astrochemical New Frontiers Conference
Lots in Icarus for 15 Mar (vol. 429), and this is in a mid-month “extra” issue: Lin, S. Wang, X. Chen, N. Direct solar radiation distribution and driving mechanisms on planetary surfaces – Moon, Mars, Ceres, and Mercury Article 116402 … Read More »Note, Paper: Big-arus
The annual 2025 IEEE Aerospace Conference for 2025 is going on right now. Montana, all week. It’s one of the big ones on the calendar. The program, if you can bear it: https://www.aeroconf.org/program/schedule Some excerpts of note, in my humble… Read More »2025 IEEE Aero Conference
Time for another batch of papers from Planetary Science Journal. From 2025 vol. 6 (no issues): Grewal, D. S. Manilal, V. Implications of Differentiated Late Accretion for the Volatile Inventory of the Bulk Silicate Earth art 13 ad9606Nugent, C. R. Tan,… Read More »Note, Paper: Planetary Science Volatile
Icarus is a little light this month (1 Mar, vol. 428): N. Le Beca, S.J. Conway, B. Jabaud, G. et al. A new model of crater degradation on Ceres involving ice sublimation and talus formation Article 116353Ilgmars Eglitis, Darja Svincicka Rotation… Read More »Note, Paper: I-Char-us
This month’s Acta Astronautica (vol. 227, February) is propulsion-relevant: Deng, H. Sun, Y. Cheng, L. et al Study on the current stability and performances of electrospray thruster by coaxial capillary emitters of hybrid highly conductive ionic liquids P 1 .2024.11.049Moriai, I.… Read More »Note, Paper: Acta Thrustronautica