From the latest MAPS (Meteoritics and Planetary Science), too new to have article numbers yet: Schönbächler, M. Fehr, M. A. Yokoyama, T. et al. Zirconium isotope composition indicates s-process depletion in samples returned from asteroid Ryugu .14279 S-process isotopes are components… Read More »Note, Paper: Where are the Stars?
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?
Now an asteroid: the small body temporarily designated 2005 YQ29 is, officially, (335500) Espresso, per the IAU Small-Body Nomenclature Group. That’s right, the drink originating in Italy. Perk up for the workweek!
You didn’t think a mini-moon (Temporarily-Captured Flyby, or TCF) would go by uncommented? I generally stay away from citing arXiv, since it’s basically uncontrolled. But the response time for Mini-Moon 2024 PT5 is too short for a refereed journal, so… Read More »Note, Pa-pre: Mini-moon 2024 PT5
I missed this year’s Hayabusa Symposium, sorry. I was too tired from European Time to switch to Japan Time. And besides, the European Asteroid Size conference was looking forward, Hayabusa meetings are now (mostly…) looking back. In any case, this… Read More »2024 Hayabusa Symposium
From the EU-ESA Workshop on Size Determination of Potentially Hazardous Near-Earth Objects: Wednesday, 11/13/24 ( … see also Monday and Tuesday) Polarimetric observations Double Trouble: Polarimetric Insights into the Didymos- Dimorphos post-DART Evolution Zuri GrayOn September 26, 2022, the NASA DART… Read More »Workshop: Size Determination of Potentially Hazardous NEOs pt. III
Lots of stuff (as one might expect from the title) in PSJ (Planetary Science Journal): Rivera-Valentin, E. G. et al. Radar Circular Polarization Ratio of Near-Earth Asteroids: Links to Spectral Taxonomy and Surface Processes art 232 ad7df1Poston, M. J. et al.… Read More »Note, Paper: (Minor) PSJ
Talk about New Astronomy. In vol. 113 (Dec), we see some details on Aster, the first deep-space probe to come from INPE (the Brazilian space agency)! de Carvalho Assis Goulant, G. Statella, T. Sfair, R. Definition of multispectral camera system… Read More »Note, Paper: Bem-Vindo Brasileiros
The RAMSES mission is (unofficially) going forward. The prime contractor, OHB Italia, has been awarded funding– many millions of Euros. RAMSES, if you aren’t in the loop, is a mission to scout out potentially-hazardous asteroid (PHA) 99942 Apophis before its… Read More »RAMSES’ important figure
Squeaking in the November 1 issue (vol. 384) of Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta: Beyersdorf-Kuis, U. Ott, U. Trieloff, M. Complex irradiation history of chondrules and matrix- A study of CR2 and some other meteorites p. 65 .09.012 Asteroids (and thus… Read More »Note, Paper: Beyersdorf’s Bodies