… see also Part 1 of the Meeting … Wednesday, January 8, 2025, 10:00 AM Mission Updates: Part 110:00 AM Patrick Michel, Hera – ESA10:10 AM Michael Kueppers, Comet Interceptor — ESA10:20 AM Javier Licandro, NEOMIR — ESA10:30 AM Kelsi Singer,… Read More »32nd SBAG, Jan 2025 pt. 2
It’s the New Year, time for another SBAG (Small Bodies Assessment Group) Meeting. Day 1 was largely programmatics: Day 1 Agenda Icebreaker for Early-Career Attendees10:00 AM Lori Feaga Introduction and Logistics 10:05 AM Adrienne Dove UCF Welcome Agency Updates 10:15… Read More »32nd SBAG, Jan 2025 pt. 1
Happy New Year all. Let’s celebrate with… the February (Vol. 427) Icarus: Williams, Q. A note on the direction of core solidification in asteroids, the iron melting curve, and phase equilibria parameterizations Art 116381 .2024.116381 Solidification of the cores of… Read More »Note, Paper: Keep on the Irons
The Fall AGU Meeting ended today… and I’m not posting the full program. The American Geophysical Union covers everything from Earth’s core, to other planets, so the meeting is enormous. It’s a challenge not just to attend, but to even… Read More »Fall AGU Meeting 2024
Good, broad coverage in November’s issue of Acta Astronautica (vol. 224): Shcheglov, G. A. Modovskii, A. V. Design optimization of cubic-shaped pressurant tank for CubeSat pr… p. 48 .07.037 Freeman, A. Fesq, L. Matousek, S. IAA-PDC-23-09-20 low-cost mission architectures to… Read More »Note, Paper: Acta Asteroi-nautica
Forgot PSJ for August, and it was good. In the vol. 5, #8 issue of the Planetary Science Journal: Waller, C. D. Espiritu, R. C. Tinsman, C. et al. Science Product Pipelines and Archive Architecture… p. 177 /ad5959Meyer, A. J.… Read More »Note, Paper: Pla paperS
No I didn’t forget. COSPAR (the annual conference, and the org itself) are simply that large. The rest: B1.1 Small Body Science in a New Generation of Surveys, Observatories, Sample Returns, and Planetary DefenseOrganizer: Milam, Stefanie Deputy: Palomba, Ernesto Centaurs,… Read More »2024 COSPAR meeting, Busan- 2
Wow, good Astronomy and Astrophysics this month (“July,” vol. 687). Carry, B. Peloton, J. Le Montagner, R. et al. Combined spin orientation and phase function of … A38 202449789 Woitke, P. Drążkowska, J. Lammer, H. et al. CAI formation in the early Solar… Read More »ANote, Paper: A&a
It’s time for another SBAG meeting (NASA Small Bodies Assessment Group, www.lpi.usra.edu/sbag/). This one was a bit light; we’re in a moment of history where, by chance, missions are either pending launch (under construction), or launched (in cruise, and nothing… Read More »SBAG, Summer 2024 day 1
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