Okay, so SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation is big. And IAU GA is big. The Meteoritical Society‘s 2024 MetSoc meeting is still no lightweight. 6216 AN OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM ORIGIN OF BENNU AS REVEALED BY ITS BULK CHEMICAL AND MAJOR… Read More »MetSoc 2024 meeting – III. Latter Half
…and the first days of the MetSoc annual conference (metsoc2024.brussels), minus Bennu: metsoc2024.brussels/programm/ Mars and Mars Sample Return – Monday, July 29, 8:30 AM Branagan-Harris E. Bowles N. E. King A. J. et al. Investigating the Origin of Mars’ Moon… Read More »MetSoc 2024 meeting – II. First Half
No I didn’t forget. COSPAR (the annual conference, and the org itself) are simply that large. The rest: B1.1 Small Body Science in a New Generation of Surveys, Observatories, Sample Returns, and Planetary DefenseOrganizer: Milam, Stefanie Deputy: Palomba, Ernesto Centaurs,… Read More »2024 COSPAR meeting, Busan- 2
Related to the COSPAR meeting going on at this moment: there’s an adjunct, research-focused meeting immediately afterward. The first PSSE (Planetary Science and Space Exploration) meeting was held near Busan, Korea, in Daejeon: www.ibs.re.kr/psse2024/ Let’s not brush off a tiger.… Read More »…and its adjunct Planetary Sci/Exploration meet
Summertime, time for the Meteoritical Society’s annual meeting. This time, it’s in Brussels, BE. PART I Posting in parts is required, it’s a big meeting. Very big. (metsoc2024.brussels/programm/) This part will be Bennu-fest, since the timing works out. Base it… Read More »MetSoc 2024 meeting – I. Bennu
Wow, good Astronomy and Astrophysics this month (“July,” vol. 687). Carry, B. Peloton, J. Le Montagner, R. et al. Combined spin orientation and phase function of … A38 202449789 Woitke, P. Drążkowska, J. Lammer, H. et al. CAI formation in the early Solar… Read More »ANote, Paper: A&a
The “July” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, so to speak, is nice. Too bad the org will not go quasi-paper (a 1:1 online version of a paper one), nor fully digital (no month affectation at all). Articles instead… Read More »Note, “Monthly Notices” Papers (July)
First installment, COSPAR 2024 highlights (per my blogger’s prerogative) (see Finalprogram-2024.pdf) B0.2 Instrumentation for Planetary ExplorationMain Organizer: Dirri, Fabrizio Deputy: Shanmugam, M. B0.2-0001-24 09:00 (solicited) Planetary Missions of India: Instruments Review and Science. Bhardwaj, AnilB0.2-0002-24 09:20 (solicited) Development status of… Read More »2024 COSPAR meeting, Busan- 1
Coming: the 45th Committee on Space Research assembly (www.cospar-assembly.org/assembly.php), in Busan, Korea. I don’t follow this one much because “space research” is so general, it covers pretty much anything one feels like submitting. Not a favorable signal-to-noise, not an efficient use… Read More »2024 COSPAR meeting, Busan
I let this one slip by, apologies. The TNO 2024 meeting happened this June 24-28, in Taipei, Taiwan. There’s a definite but vague link between literal asteroids and Transneptunian objects. That, and I didn’t go to Taiwan. Not even close.… Read More »TNO2024 meeting