Of late, in Planetary Science Journal (all vol.6): Salazar Manzano, L. E. Gerdes, D. W. Napier, K. J. et al. Prospects of a New L5 Trojan Flyby Target for the Lucy Mission 213 adf5c2Dorsey, R. C. Hopkins, M. J. Bannister,… Read More »Note, Paper: PSJ Particle Population Post
The 2025 GSA Connects meeting (Geological Society of America) is next week, Oct 19-22, San Antonio: https://connects.geosociety.org/ Some of my (biased) highlights from the agenda (admittedly, mostly terrestrial as you might guess): Pardee Keynote Symposia…Wednesday, 22 October-Impact Cratering and EvolutionP4.… Read More »GSA Connects meeting, 2025
The in-depth journal Space Science Reviews (hence, “Review”) scores a hat trick: Cox, M. Cuddy, C. Schneider, J. et al. The Lucy Spacecraft Art 94 s11214-025-01190-6Polanskey, C. A. Elkins-Tanton, L. T. Bell, J. F. et al. Psyche Mission Description and… Read More »Space Sci Review Tri-Flew
Now posted by Space Science Reviews (vol. 221): Douglas-Bradshaw, D. Bartels, A. Andrews, J. et al. Managing the Lucy Mission Art. 91 s11214-025-01208-z The journal had already reviewed the mission- the probe and its flight. This paper is now a… Read More »Space Science Reviews Lucy…Team
The Sep issue (vol. 701) of Astronomy & Astrophysics still says “in progress”, but I’m going ahead: Minker, K. Carry, B. Vachier, F. et al. A dynamical dichotomy in large binary asteroids A42 202554973Hmiddouch, S. Jehin, E. Lippi, M. et… Read More »Note, Paper: Dynam-Activity
The annual EPSC-DPS meeting (held together this year) for Wednesday, Sep. 10 (see also Mon and Tue): https://www.epsc-dps2025.eu/ https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2025/meetingprogramme SB15Computational and experimental astrophysics of small bodies and planets Exchange of ejected material between the terrestrial planets and the Moon – Sergei… Read More »2025 Joint EPSC-DPS Meeting, III
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
Gotta keep up with Planetary Science Journal. In vol. 6 (2025): Bernstein, G. M. et al. Determinations of Asteroid Masses Using Mutual Encounters Observed in the Legacy Survey of Space and Time 162 ade3deJackson, S. L. et al. Thermal-IR Observations… Read More »Note, Paper: So Say PSJ
The journal called “Space Science Reviews” means all three. Just now (vol. 221), they have covered the Lucy mission, and covered it quite well: Levison, H.F. Marchi, S. Noll, K.S. et al. NASA’S Lucy Mission to Trojan Asteroids: Unraveling the… Read More »Space Science Reviews Lucy
See also: Day 1 The 33rd meeting of the Small Bodies Assessment Group continues. This is a somewhat shorter SBAG meeting than usual. Given the upheaval of January/February, and the budget/regulatory risk, funding could not be confidently assigned for Early… Read More »Summer 2025 SBAG Meeting, Day 2