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2026 Winter SBAG Meeting, 2

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See also Day 1 Day 2 AgendaWednesday, January 14, 2026, 9:00 AM9:00 AM Terik Daly Welcome Mission Updates (Chairs: Masatoshi Hirabayashi, Daniella DellaGiustina)9:05 AM Alia AlMansoori Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt 2nd Justitia occultation campaign performed yesterday. Asteroid mining… Read More »2026 Winter SBAG Meeting, 2

Note, Paper: Non-Pusher

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In November 1’s issue (vol. 993 #1) of Astrophysical Journal Letters: Farnocchia, D. Vokrouhlicky, D. Santana-Ros, T. et al.  Radiation Forces and Trajectory of Hayabusa2# Target 1998 KY26  L9  ae10b8Salazar Manzano, L. E. Lin, H-W. Taylor, A. G. et al.… Read More »Note, Paper: Non-Pusher

Note, Paper: Pre-flew Preview

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In Nature Communications recently, vol. 16: Santana-Ros, T. Bartczak, P. Muinonen, K. et al.  Hayabusa2 extended mission target asteroid1998 KY26 is smaller and rotating faster than previously known  Art 8275  s41467-025-63697-4 Can’t have too many surprises for the Hayabusa2# investigation-… Read More »Note, Paper: Pre-flew Preview

2025 Joint EPSC-DPS Meeting, V

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The Europlanet-AAS Division for Planetary Science meeting for Friday, Sep. 12 (see also Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu): https://www.epsc-dps2025.eu/ https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2025/meetingprogramme MITM10Laboratory experiments in support of ground observations and space missions (sample return, analogs, analytical workflow etc.) Low-temperature reflectance spectra of meteorites:… Read More »2025 Joint EPSC-DPS Meeting, V

2025 Joint EPSC-DPS Meeting, I

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It’s an odd-numbered year. Therefore, the American Astronomical Society’s meeting of their Division for Planetary Sciences will be a joint meeting (in Helsinki, FI) with the Europlanet Science Congress, on September 8-12: https://www.epsc-dps2025.eu/ Of course, next year will be two… Read More »2025 Joint EPSC-DPS Meeting, I

Dark “Comet”… Part Trois

Referencing Taylor et al. 2024: Aug 7  Jonathan O’Callaghan  The mysterious ‘dark comets’ prowling our Solar Systemwww.bbc.com/future/article/20250807-a-japanese-spacecraft-is-racing-toward-a-mysterious-dark-comet-to-discover-the-secrets-it-holds The BBC- usually pretty good on technical topics- has a nice writeup of our current state in “dark comets”- asteroids that show nongravitational… Read More »Dark “Comet”… Part Trois

Note, Paper: Eyes on Target

The June issue of Astronomical Journal (vol. 169 #6) brings us: B. T. Bolin, C. Fremling, M. Belyakov, et al.  Keck and Gemini Characterization of Hayabusa2# Rendezvous Target 1998 KY26  303  adccbe(The DES Collaboration)  Photometry of Outer Solar System Objects… Read More »Note, Paper: Eyes on Target