Wow, good Astronomy and Astrophysics this month (“July,” vol. 687). Carry, B. Peloton, J. Le Montagner, R. et al. Combined spin orientation and phase function of … A38 202449789 Woitke, P. Drążkowska, J. Lammer, H. et al. CAI formation in the early Solar… Read More »ANote, Paper: A&a
I missed this one, but it wasn’t all that substantive. NASA held its NESF (NASA Exploration Science Forum) in St. Louis, last week (Jul 23-25). In the NASA context, ‘exploration’ intimates human exploration. It doesn’t intimate e. g., sample return,… Read More »NESF meeting 2024
The “July” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, so to speak, is nice. Too bad the org will not go quasi-paper (a 1:1 online version of a paper one), nor fully digital (no month affectation at all). Articles instead… Read More »Note, “Monthly Notices” Papers (July)
First installment, COSPAR 2024 highlights (per my blogger’s prerogative) (see Finalprogram-2024.pdf) B0.2 Instrumentation for Planetary ExplorationMain Organizer: Dirri, Fabrizio Deputy: Shanmugam, M. B0.2-0001-24 09:00 (solicited) Planetary Missions of India: Instruments Review and Science. Bhardwaj, AnilB0.2-0002-24 09:20 (solicited) Development status of… Read More »2024 COSPAR meeting, Busan- 1
I let this one slip by, apologies. The TNO 2024 meeting happened this June 24-28, in Taipei, Taiwan. There’s a definite but vague link between literal asteroids and Transneptunian objects. That, and I didn’t go to Taiwan. Not even close.… Read More »TNO2024 meeting
The 2024 IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) meeting on Geoscience and Remote Sensing was held last week. Not to dwell too much (mostly terrestrial), my take: Sun, 7 Jul: Tutorial, HD-9: Mapping minerals with space-based imaging spectroscopy What… Read More »IEEE Remote Sensing Meeting
Summer means a Summer meeting of the Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG, www.lpi.usra.edu/sbag/). Now, my recap of Day 2. (see Day 1) – An update of DESTINY+, JAXA’s mission to rock comet (3200) Phaethon. Yes, a rock comet. Ground observations… Read More »SBAG, Summer 2024 day 2
Just a reminder: This week is SBAG mid-2024, the biannual NASA Small Bodies Assessment Group meeting. It’s this Thursday and Friday, virtual: www.lpi.usra.edu/sbag/meetings/sbagjuly2024/ Want a teaser? www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/sbagjuly2024/technical_program/ This is not to be missed, certainly not by me.
I don’t post much about Aerospace, a relatively new journal. It’s clear that space is second, aero (i. e., Bernoulli’s Law, not Tsiolkovskiy’s) is first. Still, there’s some space content: Aerospace vol. 11 #6, JunFarina, D. Machrafi, H. Queeckers, P.… Read More »Note, Paper: Space, …aero
Catching up with AJ (Astronomical Journal)- not a fertile field of silicate bodies. But Solar System astronomy is astronomy, eh: vol. 168 # 1, Jul 2024Moorhead, A. V. Vida, D. Brown, P. G. et al. A Reference Meteor Magnitude for Interco… a 16ad496eSilber, E. A. The Utility… Read More »Note, Paper: Target Insights