There’s a collection in Progress in Earth and Planetary Science lately (vol. 12): Vernazza, P. Jorda, L. Tardivel, S. et al. Surface science on Phobos with the navigation cameras of the MMX IDEFIX rover 46 s40645-025-00708-4Yokota, S. Matsuoka, A. Murata,… Read More »Note, Paper: Mars Moons eXposition
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
A rich Icarus issue for 1 July (vol. 434): Charnoz, S. Limare, A. De Araujo Pereira, E. et al. Degasing of Phobos in a giant impact scenario: Implications for the MMX sample return mission Article 116462 .2025.116462 Sorli, K. C.… Read More »Note, Paper: Movin’ an’ Shakin’
Time for another batch of papers from Planetary Science Journal (still vol. 6): Schang, K. Dove, A. Effects of Particle Shape and Size on Granular Mechanics in Vacuum and Microgravity Environments 88 adbgebÄtuk, M. Two Possible Orbital Histories of… Read More »Note, Paper: Mote Papers
There’s a new paper in Space Science Reviews (vol. 221), and yes, it’s a review: long and detailed. Pätzold, M., Andert, T.P., Cardesín-Moinelo, A. et al. Investigations of the Moon Phobos by Mars Express and Implications Towards Its Origin. art… Read More »Note, Paper: No Fear? More Phobos
…and now Thursday, March 13, 2025 (see also Mon, Tue, Wed) https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2025/technical_program/ Special Session: Interesting Ices of the Solar SystemRole of Natron in Delaying Retreat of Buried Ice Tables on Ceres and Ceres-Like Objects [#2251] Landis M. E. et al.A… Read More »56th LPSC (2025): Thu, Day 4
The February Astronomy & Astrophysics (vol. 694) still says “in progress”, despite it being March 1: de la Fuente Marcos, R. de León, J. Serra-Ricart, M. et al. Basaltic quasi-mini-moon: Characterizing 2024 PT5 with the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias… Read More »Note, Paper: Astrono-bodies & Astrophysics
It’s a bit much to lump in New Scientist with the lay press, but it’s certainly no peer-reviewed journal. I call MIT Technology Review the same. In the 8 Feb 2025 issue (vol. 265, No. 3529): Drake, Nadia Destination Phobos… Read More »New Scientist ‘SSSB’ News
Catching up on Icarus– the 15 January 2025 issue (vol. 426) is a mid-month ‘issue’: Caldiero, A. Le Maistre, S. Expected constraints on Phobos interior from the MMX gravity and rotation observations Article 116343 .2024.116343Hoffmann, T. Micheli, M. Cano, J-L.… Read More »Note, Paper: Mid-Icarus Digits
No dead of winter for Icarus. The Icarus issue for Jan. 2025 (vol. 425): McClure, L.T. Emery, J.P. Thomas, C.A. et al. Size-based spectrophotometric analysis of the Polana-Eulalia Complex Article 116322 .2024.116322Lee, K. Fang, Z. Wang, Z. Investigation of the… Read More »Note, Paper: January Carries