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…