The journal GCA isn’t monthly, like a lot of journals these days. So it’s time to catch up; here’s Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta vol. 381, for 15 Sep: Noguchi, T. Nakashima, D. Ushikubo, T. et al. Chondrule-like objects and a Ca-Al-rich… Read More »Note, Paper: Geo-Comet-A
Day 2: – The OSIRIS-REx information was specific, possibly a little too far into the weeds. Lots of slides and speech about curation, from lab equipment and handling procedures to particle-request applications and allocation committees. Granted, the point of OSIRIS-REx,… Read More »…ExMAG Spring 2024, continued…
The NASA ExMAG meeting (Extraterrestrial Materials Assessment Group) for Spring, 2024 is going on now. Day 1 status (mostly preliminaries): 1. General statuses. Updates on Perseverance Rover and Ingenuity air test (RIP- not news). Updates on FY24 budget (since March… Read More »ExMAG Spring 2024 meeting
Apparently the Feb issue of Meteoritics and Planetary Science is about quality, not quantity. Such is meteoritics in general: this subdiscipline doesn’t draw tourists, gawkers, and fanboys, so the serious people can get their work done: Ninomiya, K. Osawa, T.… Read More »Note, Paper: Brit-Met-Feb Rep
A quick note, since this story is yet to be written: Antarctic meteorite collection (at least, by US teams) has finally restarted after the pandemic. Meanwhile the Japanese and the Belgians (jointly, sure) were back out last season. This should… Read More »On Ice: Meteorite Field Season back in season