And now we sharpen the pencils. In this issue (Jul) of Advances in Space Research: Kikuchi, S. Shirai, K. Ishibashi, K. et al. Simultaneous geometric calibration and orbit-attitude det… p. 899 .04.057 Peña-Asensio, E. Sánchez-Lozano, J. M. Statistical equivalence of metrics… Read More »Note, Paper: Adv (math) in Space Res
Catching up with AJ (Astronomical Journal)- not a fertile field of silicate bodies. But Solar System astronomy is astronomy, eh: vol. 168 # 1, Jul 2024Moorhead, A. V. Vida, D. Brown, P. G. et al. A Reference Meteor Magnitude for Interco… a 16ad496eSilber, E. A. The Utility… Read More »Note, Paper: Target Insights
Last-minute additions had me posting Astronomy and Astrophysics for June (vol. 686) just now. What’s that about Europeans liking comets (including their meteors)? Kipfer, K. A. Ligterink, N. F. W. Rubin, M. et al. Sublimation of volatiles from H2O:CO2 bulk… Read More »Note, Paper: Old-Worl’ Volatiles Follies
Day 2: – The OSIRIS-REx information was specific, possibly a little too far into the weeds. Lots of slides and speech about curation, from lab equipment and handling procedures to particle-request applications and allocation committees. Granted, the point of OSIRIS-REx,… Read More »…ExMAG Spring 2024, continued…
The NASA ExMAG meeting (Extraterrestrial Materials Assessment Group) for Spring, 2024 is going on now. Day 1 status (mostly preliminaries): 1. General statuses. Updates on Perseverance Rover and Ingenuity air test (RIP- not news). Updates on FY24 budget (since March… Read More »ExMAG Spring 2024 meeting
Monthly Notices RAS, like Acta Astronautica, comes in three “issues” per “month” (since they’re virtual anyway). Here’s vol. 529, #4: April 2024- Betzler, A. S. Sekiguchi, T. A statistical analysis of over three thousand meteors and their spect… p. 3408… Read More »Note, Paper: Mo. Astr.’s more ash
The European Geophysical Union held their annual meeting, in Vienna, At. You may ask what a “geophysical union” has to do with this site. Since Earth accreted from asteroids, geophysics has, oh… 99.99% to do with an asteroid site. Geochemistry… Read More »EGU24 Meeting
There has been a recurring theme through the past, oh, 15 years or more of Small-Body science. The April issue (vol. 243) of Planetary and Space Science is like heavy rotation: Kokhirova, G. I. Zhonmuhammadi, A. I. Khamroev, U. H.… Read More »Comet-Asteroids by Shower (Mote Paper)
… to conclude. Besides obvious results on Ryugu/Bennu, the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference covered lots of other topics this year. You know, Planetary Science: -The DART mission succeeded, as we saw. An entire session (Tue 8:20 am), Characterization of… Read More »LPSC Meeting 2024, part 3