Bennu New Sci News
Just saw this one, sorry I’m a bit slow on the ‘regurgitate’ button: The asteroid Bennu is even weirder than we thoughthttps://www.newscientist.com/article/2471749-the-asteroid-bennu-is-even-weirder-than-we-thought/
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56th LPSC (2025): Wed, Day 3
…we continue with Day 3 (see also Days 1 and 2): Program (https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2025/technical_program/#20250310) Wednesday, March 12, 2025 Space Weathering https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2025/technical_program/?session_no=403Effect of Oxygen Ion Irradiation on the Visible, Infrared, and Raman Spectra of Phobos Candidate Materials: Implications on the Space Weathering… Read More »56th LPSC (2025): Wed, Day 3
56th LPSC (2025): Tue, Day 2
…and the LPSC continues (see Day 1). On to Day 2: Program (https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2025/technical_program/) Tuesday, March 11, 2025 Impact Modeling: Striking LooksFormation of Asteroid (16) Psyche by a Giant Impact [#1317] Cambioni S. et al. Chondrites and Components: Our Rocks Chond-Rule!H,… Read More »56th LPSC (2025): Tue, Day 2
56th LPSC (2025): Mon, Day 1
The LPSC: it’s a bit of a big deal. Arguably, this is the biggest single conference in the whole calendar, if you’re a planetary scientist (the PS in LPSC). I didn’t make it to Houston this year, so here’s my… Read More »56th LPSC (2025): Mon, Day 1
Bennu/Ryugu: Samples from Early Solar System
Just added: Workshop on Bennu and Ryugu: Samples from the Early Solar System The Workshop on Bennu and Ryugu: Samples from the Early Solar System is scheduled for October 7–9, 2025, at the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) in Houston,… Read More »Bennu/Ryugu: Samples from Early Solar System
Note, Paper: Sci Advances… into the ground
Quick link to the current (5 Feb) Science Advances (vol. 11, issue 6). I don’t like to dwell on the one negative, overhyped aspect of asteroid studies, but Bennu publicity is Bennu publicity, oh well: Dai, L. Timmermann, A. Climatic… Read More »Note, Paper: Sci Advances… into the ground
Bennu Bio Anno
The big news of the weekend was the Bennu analyses. I didn’t really want to say much, because… we in the field pretty much knew this already. Bennu contains almost all the ingredients of life, because Ryugu contains almost all… Read More »Bennu Bio Anno
Itokawa Sample Workshop
Going on now: the virtual meeting, Itokawa And The Dawn of Asteroidal Sample Return. If you hadn’t been watching the news at the time, it’s easy to- today- forget that the JAXA Hayabusa mission laid the groundwork (in one form… Read More »Itokawa Sample Workshop
32nd SBAG, Jan 2025 pt. 2
… see also Part 1 of the Meeting … Wednesday, January 8, 2025, 10:00 AM Mission Updates: Part 110:00 AM Patrick Michel, Hera – ESA10:10 AM Michael Kueppers, Comet Interceptor — ESA10:20 AM Javier Licandro, NEOMIR — ESA10:30 AM Kelsi Singer,… Read More »32nd SBAG, Jan 2025 pt. 2
Fall AGU Meeting 2024
The Fall AGU Meeting ended today… and I’m not posting the full program. The American Geophysical Union covers everything from Earth’s core, to other planets, so the meeting is enormous. It’s a challenge not just to attend, but to even… Read More »Fall AGU Meeting 2024