Look, a paper in Journal Of Geophysical Research: Planets (vol. 130, #4) for a change: Maurel, C. Clavé, E. Gattacecca, J. et al. Magnetization of Iron Meteorites up to the Meter in Size as Possible Analogs for Asteroid Psyche 2024JE008810… Read More »Note, Paper: Metal Speculation
…and the LPSC continues (see Day 1). On to Day 2: Program (https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2025/technical_program/) Tuesday, March 11, 2025 Impact Modeling: Striking LooksFormation of Asteroid (16) Psyche by a Giant Impact [#1317] Cambioni S. et al. Chondrites and Components: Our Rocks Chond-Rule!H,… Read More »56th LPSC (2025): Tue, Day 2
The annual 2025 IEEE Aerospace Conference for 2025 is going on right now. Montana, all week. It’s one of the big ones on the calendar. The program, if you can bear it: https://www.aeroconf.org/program/schedule Some excerpts of note, in my humble… Read More »2025 IEEE Aero Conference
… 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