The Europlanet-AAS Division for Planetary Science meeting for Friday, Sep. 12 (see also Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu): https://www.epsc-dps2025.eu/ https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2025/meetingprogramme MITM10Laboratory experiments in support of ground observations and space missions (sample return, analogs, analytical workflow etc.) Low-temperature reflectance spectra of meteorites:… Read More »2025 Joint EPSC-DPS Meeting, V
The meeting for Thursday, Sep. 11 (see also Mon, Tue, Wed): https://www.epsc-dps2025.eu/ https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2025/meetingprogramme MITM8Imagery, photometry, and spectroscopy of small bodies and planetary surfaces The potential of in-situ THz-spectroscopy to resolve the subsurface structure of Comets – Linus Stoeckli et al.… Read More »2025 Joint EPSC-DPS Meeting, IV
In a few days, the Astronomical Society of Japan will hold its annual meeting, starting Sep 9: www.asj.or.jp/en/activities/nenkai/info/ Ordinarily, this might fall below one’s radar, including mine… except: Terai, T. Yoshikawa, E Yoshikawa, M. Emergency by the Subaru Telescope on asteroid 2024 YR4, which… Read More »2025 ASJ Annual Meeting
The observation/publication cycle is getting into a groove: Astrophysics > Earth and Planetary Astrophysics arxiv.org/abs/2509.02813[Submitted on 4 Sep 2025]Frincke, T. T. Yaginuma, A. Noonan, J. W. et al. Near-Discovery SOAR Photometry of the Third Interstellar Object: 3I/ATLAS arxiv.org/abs/2509.03361[Submitted on 4… Read More »3I/ATLAS Tracking
The latest Research Notes of the AAS is September (vol. 9 #9). In it: Petrov, D. Estimation of the Albedo and Diameter of the Asteroid (16960) 1998 QS52 Using the Polarimetric Method Art 233 ae01a5de la Fuente Marcos, C. de la… Read More »Note, Paper: Two New in View
The joint Europlanet and AAS–DPS meeting, for this Tuesday (see also Day 1): https://www.epsc-dps2025.eu/ https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2025/meetingprogramme Tuesday, 9 Sep SB10 Observing and modelling meteors in planetary atmospheres Cosmic dust in the heliosphere- Veerle Sterken CE4 Europlanet General Assembly TP8… Read More »2025 Joint EPSC-DPS Meeting, II
It will soon be time for ICAACM– the International Conference on Astronomy, Astrometry, and Celestial Mechanics, on August 9. The agenda, such as it is: www.global-meetings.com/icaacm/papers.html Unfortunately, there’s nothing posted publicly. Next best: the solicitation. (Topics include but are not… Read More »ICAACM (Astronomy, Astrometry, & Celestial Mech.) 2025
Wow, good Astronomy & Astrophysics for July (vol 699): Smirnov, E. A. Chaotic diffusion and transient resonance captures of the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 A26 202554489 Läuter, M. and Kramer, T. Rotation dynamics and torque efficiency of cometary nuclei A75 202553845… Read More »Note, Paper: A&A Eleven Ways
The parsing continues: arxiv.org: 2507.21967Jul 29 Feinstein, A. D. Noonan, J. W. Seligman, D. Z. Precovery Observations of 3I/ATLAS from TESS Suggest Possible Distant Activity The TESS program, with word out on ATLAS, then went through their “old” data. It… Read More »3I/ATLAS Back Access
More interstellar-object coverage, not necessarily peer-reviewed science output, but more substantial than just lay prose: www.gemini.edu/news/press-releases/noirlab2522July 15, 2025 Josie Fenske Gemini North Observes Comet 3I/ATLAS www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-interstellar-object-3i-atlass-biggest-mysteries-explained/July 16, 2025 Jonathan O’Callaghan 7 Big Mysteries about Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Apologies for the… Read More »3I/ATLAS: Small-Body Copy