As much as there are ‘monthly issues’ for Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, here are the ‘issue(s)’ for December: Volume 535, #2, December 2024 – Volume 535, #3, December 2024Chen, Yue Li, Jian A new multiple-arc model of the… Read More »Note, Paper: Monthly, Mechanics Notices
The Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets doesn’t often handle pristine relics from the dawn of the Solar System- ‘pristine’ implies a distinct lack of geophysics. Yet in Vol. 128, #12: Hartzell, C. M. Zhang, Y. Characterizing the Modulation and Activation-Triggering… Read More »Note, Paper: Not-So-Dark Comets
Hard to ‘render’ Planetary Science Journal– the title is less like a print journal, more like a blog. Some recent items from it: Ernst, C. M. Daly, R. T. Fletcher, Z. et al. Calibration and Inflight Performance of DART’s Didymos… Read More »Note, Paper: PSJ Update
In the Res. Notes. Astron. Astrophys. issue for Dec.: Kokhirova, G. l. Zhang, M. Li, X-G. et al. Near-Earth Asteroids as the Parents of the δ-Cancrid Meteoroid Stream a. 125002 ad8c87 Dark comets are asteroids- nominally- that actually show (metaphorically)… Read More »Note, Paper: Dark Comets Deux
In Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 691 Nov. 2024: Fiore, F. Matteucci, F. Spitoni, E. et al. A census of the Sun’s ancestors and their contributions to the Solar System chemical composition A46 202451076Hajduková, M. Stober, G. Barghini, D. et al. No… Read More »Note, Paper: A&A Day
Some “asteroids” are actually dark comets. I repeat: some asteroids ACTUALLY COMETS: Taylor, A. G. Seligman, D. Z. Holman, M. J. et al. Strong Nongravitational Accelerations and the Potential for Misidentification of Near-Earth Objects a 190 ad85e3 In the Dec… Read More »N, P: When’s an Asteroid Not an Asteroid?
In the October Astronomy and Astrophysics (vol. 690… a big one this month): Wang, Z. Lin, H. Ye, B. et al. Near-infrared spectral behavior of space-weathered olivine with varying iron content A138 10.1051/0004-6361/202450888 Beniyama, J. Sergeyev, A. V. Tholen, D.… Read More »Note, Paper: Albedos and Athor-phys
Can’t forget Astronomical Journal. For October (vol. 168, issue 4): Kwon, Y. G. Bagnulo, S. Markkanen, J. et al. The Pre-perihelion Evolution of the Activity of Comet C/2017 K2 (Pan-STARRS) during the Water Ice-line Crossover a 164 ad6b15Morrison, S. G.… Read More »Note, Paper: Astronomical Turn-al
Some asteroids are active- shedding mass, like a comet. Bennu is one of them, observed by OSIRIS-REx to be ejecting pebbles to cobbles into space. Now, from the former Soviet, now Russian journal Solar System Research, for October 2024, vol.… Read More »Note, Paper: Activity Ahoy
It’s the last day of the American Astronomical Society‘s 56th annual DPS Meeting (Division for Planetary Sciences, #DPS2024). Just a little longer now. Here’s the schedule, per my highly biased blog and patch: submissions.mirasmart.com/DPS56/Itinerary/EventsAAG.aspx 405 – Small Bodies with JWST… Read More »AAS DPS meeting, four