I spoke too soon again on Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy for Feb (vol.138 #1). They’re still still going: Fereoli, G. McMahon, J. W. Interior gravity characterization of small celestial bodies using cylindrical harmonics 12 s10569-026-10281-7 As I’ve said before,… Read More »Note, Paper: Gravity Field Peel-Reveal
There’s a mid-month Advances-in Space Research. For 15 Mar (vol. 77 #6): Grabowski, J. A. Bellome, Felicetti, L. A diversity-based strategy for asteroid tour design Pg 7039 .2026.01.075 Narziev, M. Khujanazarov, H. F. Meteoroid streams and associations based on radar… Read More »Note, Paper: Multi-Rock Clock and Track
The Lunar and Planetary Science Conference continues into day 3-4, Wednesday and Thursday. https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2026/ https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2026/program/ See also: Part I Of the (large) program, here’s my small-body selections: Wednesday, March 18, 2026 Differentiated Bodies: Petrology and Cosmochemistry Neumann W. et al. … Read More »LPSC 2026- Part II
It’s LPSC time. The 57th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference will be held (in the same Houston area) this March 16-20: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2026/ Really, the LPSC is the big meeting of the annual calendar in this field. This year, there are… Read More »LPSC 2026- Part I
Breaking news from the arXiv preprint site: Astrophysics > Earth and Planetary Astrophysics arxiv.org/abs/2603.10350Ren, X. Yan, W. Zhao, R. et al. Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Observed from Mars by China’s Tianwen-1 Spacecraft Standard Disclaimer: ArXiv is ArXiv. If you haven’t gathered… Read More »China Flight Sights 3I
It’s finally here. After the first paper in February, the two linked papers are now in the new, next (April) issue of J Astronaut Sci. They’re all part of a special collection (a virtual “issue”), “Navigating Asteroid Impact Hazards: Astronautics… Read More »Note, Paper: Hazard Eval Triad (…and Pals)
Nice issue (mid-month this time) of Icarus for 15 March (vol. 447): Colazo, M. Oszkiewicz, D. Poźniak, P. et al. Detectability of asteroid phase coloring based on phase curves obtained from large spectro-photometric surveys Art 116891 .2025.116891Galiullin, M. I. Glamazda,… Read More »Note, Paper: Pertinent Uncertainties
Advances in Space Research has posted for 1 March (vol. 77, #5): Han, Z-Z. Liu, S-X. Guo, Y-X. The orbital dynamics modeling and simulation of asteroid probe based on variational integrators Pages 5986 .2025.12.074de Almeida Jr., A. K. Santos, L.… Read More »Note, Paper: Turn About is Our Play
There’s a mid-month Advances In Space Research– 15 February (vol. 77, #4): Zhu, X. Liu, Y. Peng, F. Three-stage homotopy approach for asteroid landing desensitized trajectory optimization initialized via quadratic programming Pgs 5009 .2025.11.117Yuan, W. Deng, H. Gao, S. et… Read More »Note, Paper: Small-Body Stall/Fall Study
Good Acta Astronautica for Feb (vol. 239): Buys, M. Hanner, C. Refining asteroid mass uncertainty via volume, and bulk density constraints for optimal flyby mission design Pages 89 .2025.10.070Bull, R. Vavrina, M. A. Lyzhoft, J. et al. Retaking in-flight spacecraft… Read More »Note, Paper: Fly Sci Cite