As much as there are ‘monthly issues’ for Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, here are the ‘issue(s)’ for December: Volume 535, #2, December 2024 – Volume 535, #3, December 2024Chen, Yue Li, Jian A new multiple-arc model of the… Read More »Note, Paper: Monthly, Mechanics Notices
In the Res. Notes. Astron. Astrophys. issue for Dec.: Kokhirova, G. l. Zhang, M. Li, X-G. et al. Near-Earth Asteroids as the Parents of the δ-Cancrid Meteoroid Stream a. 125002 ad8c87 Dark comets are asteroids- nominally- that actually show (metaphorically)… Read More »Note, Paper: Dark Comets Deux
Nothing new for anyone who already works in NEOs, but… here’s a nice overview paper. In the latest issue of Remote Sensing (vol. 16, issue 22, November #2): Espartero, F. Cubas, J. Nespral, D. et al. New Astronomical Observatory Design… Read More »Note, Paper: Get A Sense Of All Them
Let’s call these three MNRAS issues “October,” an arbitrary line: Volume 533, Issue 4, October Rodríguez Rodríguez, J. Díez Alonso, E. Iglesias Álvarez, S. et al. Light-curve analysis and shape models of NEAs 7335, 7822, 154244, and 159402 Pg 4160 … Read More »Note, Paper: MN-chanics
Yes, an incoming impactor was detected before impact. Object 2024 UQ was spotted (by the ATLAS telescope system) and reported back to the NEOCP (the Minor Planet Center‘s Confirmation Page). A trajectory solution determined that the object was likely to… Read More »Pre-detection of Impacting Meteor 2024 UQ
Let’s take a little trip, a trip back to the young Solar System. In the 15 Nov Icarus (vol. 423): Serra, C. Vinogradoff, V. Danger, G. et al. Unexpected mineral impact on organic evolution durin… Art 116273 .2024.116273 Jenniskens, P.… Read More »Note, Paper: Solar System Soil and Seeds
DPS continues. The Division for Planetary Sciences (of the American Astronomical Society) is meeting (the 56th annual one) in Boise. Each division holds sub-meetings; in even-numbered years, DPS is a standalone one. (The Europlanet Sciences Congress, last month, is combined with DPS in odd-numbered years.)… Read More »AAS DPS meeting, two
Icarus, the international journal of solar system science, is all about the flow rates this month (if you consider photons or dust a flow). In vol. 422, for 1 Nov 2024: McGraw, L.E. Emery, J.P. Thomas, C.A. et al. Spatially dependent… Read More »Note, Paper: Fluxarus
It’s Sep 30, and Astronomy & Astrophysics still says “in progress.” Let’s hope that’s just bad copyediting on the part of the journal staff. From vol. 689 (September 2024), at least a big one: M. Lippi, L. Ferellec, C. Opitom,… Read More »Note, Paper: Big Aaa Issue