Acta Astronautica vol. 220 (Jul 2024) is a good one: Nath, A. Developing algorithms to determine an Asteroid’s physical properties and the succ… p. 62 2024.04.019 Schulc, M. Czakoj, T. Novák, Even et al. Validation of SiO2 neutron cross sections… Read More »Note, Paper: Push it
I gave an update on the Vera Rubin Observatory. Undeniably, VRO is (will be…) a game changer. Also noteworthy but less newsworthy: the SPHEREx spacecraft is built: spherex.caltech.edu SPHEREx, for Spectro-PHotometric ices and Epoch of Reionization Explorer, is a NASA… Read More »First Light (Flight) in Sight…
Our (consumer, off-the-shelf) telescopes are now made in China; what about the scientific-grade ones? The Chinese science program is no longer the world’s also-ran. You just need to look at author lists to see the obvious Chinese (including expat-Chinese) representation.… Read More »Note, Juan Zhu: CAA WA
Missed some from the June issue of Acta Astronautica (vol. 219). This one features speed, lots of speed: Salotti, J.-M. Can humanity survive to a giant comet impact? p. 603 .03.050 Karlapp, J. Heller, R. Tajmar, M. Ultrafast transfer of low-mass… Read More »Note, Paper: dV
The June (vol. 219) issue of Acta Astronautica is… impulsive, maybe brutish. Villegas-Prados, D. Cruz, J. Wijnen, M. et al. Emission and performance charaterization of io… p. 97 .224.03.013 Muniyasamy, S. B, S. Verma, V. et al. Periodicity and lifetime… Read More »Note, Paper: Abstract Blast
I have neglected the journal Acta Astronautica, despite March (vol. 216) being a good month: Casanova-Álvarez, M. Navarro-Medina, F. Tommasini, D. Feasibility study of a Solar Elect… p. 129 .2024.01.001 Zhang, Z. Yu, M. Ali, M. R. et al. Investigation on… Read More »Note, Paper: Zap!
… 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
Still working on all the results from this year’s Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (55th LPSC), but… “LPI” doesn’t stand for Laugh please, it’s funny. That doesn’t mean astronomers don’t have a sense of humor. Not even astronomers who aren’t… Read More »On The Rocks: LPI Edition…
A good Feb issue (vol. 215) of Acta Astronautica, the less-tangible, harder-vacuum title of the AIAA: Stipsits, S. Legal considerations on a regional security organization for planetary defence p. 117 10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.11019 Bellome, A. Sánchez, J. P. García Mateas, J. C.… Read More »Note, Paper: Acta Ast(e)ronautica
Last tidbits of asteroid-relevant papers in MNRAS (Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society) for January (vol. 527, issue 4): Xin, Y. Shi, J. Ma, Y. et al. Research of the Family Associations of Active Ast… p. 10309 10.1093/mnras/stad3883/7478013 Jiao,… Read More »Note, Paper: Yet More Monthly