… 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
The latest issue of Astronomy & Astrophysics (Vol 692, Dec 2024) seems to have a protoplanet theme: Zhou, W-H. The binary Yarkovsky effect on the primary asteroid with applications to singly synchronous binary asteroids L2 202452146 Pinilla-Alonso, N. Licandro, J.… Read More »Note, Paper: eArly and hydrAted
For what it’s worth, the December issue of Nature Astronomy is a special one on Ryugu. Of course, we’re in the digital era, so the notion of an “issue” is handwavey- most of the works in it were already put… Read More »Tout, Papers: Special Nat. Astron. Issue
In the second December issue (Dec. 10, vol. 977, issue #1) of Astrophysical Journal: Morton, E. M. Pickard, H. Wombacher, F. et al. Volatile Element Depletion of Carbonaceous Chondrites – Insights from Mass-dependent Zinc, Cadmium and Tellurium Isotopes Art. 53 … Read More »Note, Paper: Astero-Physical, Indeed
There has been little to say from Earth and Planetary Science Letters…until now. Volume 648 (15 December 2024) includes: Nimmo, F. Kleine, T. Morbidelli, A. et al. Mechanisms and timing of carbonaceous chondrite delivery to the Earth Article 119112 .2024.119112 The… Read More »Note, Paper: It’s Raining Met
No dead of winter for Icarus. The Icarus issue for Jan. 2025 (vol. 425): McClure, L.T. Emery, J.P. Thomas, C.A. et al. Size-based spectrophotometric analysis of the Polana-Eulalia Complex Article 116322 .2024.116322Lee, K. Fang, Z. Wang, Z. Investigation of the… Read More »Note, Paper: January Carries
In Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 691 Nov. 2024: Fiore, F. Matteucci, F. Spitoni, E. et al. A census of the Sun’s ancestors and their contributions to the Solar System chemical composition A46 202451076Hajduková, M. Stober, G. Barghini, D. et al. No… Read More »Note, Paper: A&A Day
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?
I mention that meteoritics, the study of meteorites in hand, often drills much deeper than astronomy (observing dots in the sky), or actual space flights (limited by mass, volume, power, data, etc.). In this paper (in the Dec. issue of… Read More »Note, Paper: Ge-ex-chimica
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