Now for the annual Smallsat Conference (smallsat.org), hosted as always by Utah State University, August 11-13. See the overview: https://smallsat.org/conference/schedule/ https://smallsat.org/conference/keynote/https://smallsat.org/conference/flash-talks/https://smallsat.org/conference/posters/ In case you don’t see the connection: Hera is currently flying with the Milani and Juventas 6U CubeSats, to… Read More »Smallsat meeting, 2025
Catching up with Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan (PASJ), not printing every month. In vol. 77 #4, some worthy papers: Miura, H. Yasuda, T. Thermal evolution model from cometary nuclei to asteroids considering contraction associated with ice sublimation… Read More »Note, Paper: Comet-Asteroid Matters
The latest issue of Science Advances (1 Aug, vol. 11 #31) has something other than microbio, chem, or field bio… yes, an actual astronomy paper: Kruttasch, P. M. Mezger, K. Time of proto-Earth reservoir formation and volatile element depletion from… Read More »Note, Paper: Rock Clock Blocks
This week will be the International Workshop On Instrumentation for Planetary Missions for 2025.From 4-6 August, in Boulder, Colorado (UC-Boulder LASP), scientists and engineers will meet on planetary mission science instruments and other payloads. This year, there’s a big effort on… Read More »Instrumentation for Planetary Missions Workshop 2025
There’s already an August Cometary Science Newsletter, of general (not necessarily comet science) interest. It has one agenda item. Like the IRTF (NASA Infrared Telescope Facility), the NOIRLab Gemini telescopes are surveying their user base for 2025. Those Gemini astronomers… Read More »Cometary Science Newsletter, Aug
Almost forgot Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta for 1 Aug (vol. 402): Eckart, L. M. Busemann, H. Krietsch, D. et al. Noble gases in CO chondrites: Primordial components, effects of parent body thermal alteration, and cosmic ray exposure ages P 104 … Read More »Note, Paper: Meteochimica et cetera…
Wow, good Astronomy & Astrophysics for July (vol 699): Smirnov, E. A. Chaotic diffusion and transient resonance captures of the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 A26 202554489 Läuter, M. and Kramer, T. Rotation dynamics and torque efficiency of cometary nuclei A75 202553845… Read More »Note, Paper: A&A Eleven Ways
The July edition of Meteoritics & Planetary Science (vol. 60, #7) has been posted: Laforet, S. Leroux, H. Le Guillou, C. et al. Silicate–sulfide interaction within quenched melts of space weathered Ryugu grains Pgs 1480 .14366Rubin, A. E. Selective sampling… Read More »Note, Paper: Sometimes You Feel Like A Sulf
This August’s Astronomical Journal (vol. 170 #2) includes: López-Oquendo, A. J. Hora, J. L. Trilling, D. E. et al. Thermal and Optical Characterization of Near-Earth Objects: Science Commissioning of the Recently Upgraded Mid-infrared… 82 ade398Holman, M. J. Bernardinelli, P. H.… Read More »Note, Paper: Better Netter
Space Science Reviews, vol. 221 (yes, that SpaceSciRev) covers the Hera flight to Didymos: Michel, P. Küppers, M. Fitzsimmons, A. et al. The Hera Space Mission in the Context of Small Near-Earth Asteroid Missions in the Past, Present and Future … Read More »Space Science Reviews Hera