This is 100% serious. Congratulations to Drs. Glaze and Steinbring: The IAU Working Group on Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN)’s Bulletin 5 issue 4 (Mar 17) (https://www.wgsbn-iau.org/files/Bulletins/V005/WGSBNBull_V005_004.pdf) has announced two asteroids: (236617) Loriglaze = 2006 JL63Discovery: 2006-05-01 / M. W. Buie… Read More »‘Few New Names
A little light listening for your weekend: the new episode of Startalk ‘radio’ (actually a podcast) will feature Rick Binzel as their guest. Startalk Radio is the podcast of Neil DeGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium, and a comedian… Read More »Star(-like) Talk with guest Rick Binzel
There was a 15 Mar issue of Icarus, so maybe that’s why April (vol. 430) is a bit light: Bettati, A. Lunine, J. Atmospheric escape explains diverse surface compositions of Pluto vs Sedna Article 116482 .2025.116482Hamm, M. Strauß, M. Grott,… Read More »Note, Paper: Losing the marble
In Meteoritics & Planetary Science for March (vol. 60, #3) Harrison, C. S. King, A. J. Jones, R. H. et al. Iron and copper sulfides in asteroid (162173) Ryugu: Formation conditions and a comparison to the CI and CY chondrites Pages 506 .14312… Read More »Note, Paper: MeteoCItical Planetary Science
…and speaking of pieces. The 11th Dust Workshop is going on now (18-20 Mar 2025, Venice, IT). The “11th” refers to 2015, due to the Rosetta mission to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. While it’s true that Rosetta advanced comet studies far beyond… Read More »Dust Workshop 2025
In this “month’s” three issues of MNRAS (Monthly Notices, Roy. Astron. Society): Volume 537, Issue 3, March 2025– Volume 537, Issue 4, March 2025Müller, D. R. Altwegg, K. Berthelieret, J-J. et al. Land of gas and dust – exploring bursting… Read More »Note, Paper: >Million Pieces
Courtesy of Planetary Science News: NASA INFRARED TELESCOPE FACILITY OBSERVING PROPOSALS The due date for the 2025B semester (August 1, 2025 to January 31, 2026) is Tuesday, April 1, 2025. See our online submission form: https://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/observing/applicationForms-php Information on available facility… Read More »IRTF Call for Proposals
And now for something pedagogically different. In Space Science Reviews, dated 12 March (they’re all-online, no issues at all): Boonstra, S. K. Kretke, K. Garcia, D. et al. Technical STEM Workforce Development Re-Imagined: The Lucy Student Pipeline and Competency Enabler… Read More »Note, Pupils: Lucy L’SPACE Program
There’s one paper I’ll point out in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta for 1 Mar, vol. 392 (and none for 15 Mar, vol. 393): Bermingham, K. R. Tornabene, H. A. Walker, R. J. et al. The non-carbonaceous nature of Earth’s late-stage accretion p.… Read More »Note, Paper: Geo Wet Cosmo Chondrica
…and now Thursday, March 13, 2025 (see also Mon, Tue, Wed) https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2025/technical_program/ Special Session: Interesting Ices of the Solar SystemRole of Natron in Delaying Retreat of Buried Ice Tables on Ceres and Ceres-Like Objects [#2251] Landis M. E. et al.A… Read More »56th LPSC (2025): Thu, Day 4