Catching up yet again with Advances In Space Research for 15 Jan 2026 (vol. 77 #2), a mid-month issue: Liu, D. Yan, W. Liu, J. et al. Close-proximity imaging and 3D modeling simulation analysis of asteroid 2016HO3 Pg 2637 .2025.12.002Wu,… Read More »Note, Paper: Close… Maybe Too Close
Again, more goodies in Space Science Reviews for the new year (volume 222): Zhang, R. Zhang, H. Liu, J. et al. Tianwen-2 Mission of China’s Planetary Exploration Program 11 s11214-026-01268-9 The Tianwen-2 mission, launched last year, will rendezvous with asteroid… Read More »Space Science Reviews Tianwen-2
A quick story in the journal Science: https://www.science.org/content/article/china-sets-out-sample-unusual-near-earth-asteroid Dennis Normile China sets out to sample an unusual near-Earth asteroid .z2q2idq Normile describes the Chinese Tianwen-2 mission and its target, the Earth-resonant asteroid (469219) Kamo’oalewa. The asteroid has the unusual property… Read More »Out of Ecliptic, In Patch
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)
A contest is afoot to re-name (469219) Kamoʻoalewa (itself formerly 2016 HO3). Begun by the WNYC radio/podcast show Radiolab, now joined by the IAU (International Astronomical Union- the body that can actually name things), this contest is to find a… Read More »(469219) Kamooalewa rocks…