More papers in PSJ (Planetary Science Journal), vol. 6 (2025)- they just keep posting: Scully, Jennifer E. C. et al. Leveraging Ceres to Gain Insights into the Candidate Ocean Worlds of Umbriel and Oberon That Orbit Uranus 187 adec97Vinogradoff, Vassilissa… Read More »Note, Paper: Rock-Objects Contexts
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’s an odd-numbered year. Therefore, the American Astronomical Society’s meeting of their Division for Planetary Sciences will be a joint meeting (in Helsinki, FI) with the Europlanet Science Congress, on September 8-12: https://www.epsc-dps2025.eu/ Of course, next year will be two… Read More »2025 Joint EPSC-DPS Meeting, I
Catching up with Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan (PASJ), not printing every month. In vol. 77 #4, some worthy papers: Miura, H. Yasuda, T. Thermal evolution model from cometary nuclei to asteroids considering contraction associated with ice sublimation… Read More »Note, Paper: Comet-Asteroid Matters
One paper to report in Earth and Planetary Science Letters for 15 August (vol. 664): Shollenberger, Q. R. Render, J. Wimpenny, J. et al. Elemental and isotopic signatures of Asteroid Ryugu support three early Solar System reservoirs Art. 119443 .2025.119443… Read More »Note, Paper: Ryugu Vieux Jeu
We’re due for a PSJ (Planetary Science Journal) (2025- vol. 6) update- way overdue, apparently: Helfenstein, P. Verbiscer, A. J. On Error Estimates for Hapke Photometric Model Parameters from Disk-integrated Phase Curves of Airless Planetary Bodies 144 adcd5dLee, A. Kavelaars, J. J.… Read More »Note, Paper: PSJ Ten Ways
The July edition of Meteoritics & Planetary Science (vol. 60, #7) has been posted: Laforet, S. Leroux, H. Le Guillou, C. et al. Silicate–sulfide interaction within quenched melts of space weathered Ryugu grains Pgs 1480 .14366Rubin, A. E. Selective sampling… Read More »Note, Paper: Sometimes You Feel Like A Sulf
In the illustrious journal Nature (well, Nature Communications) vol. 16: Genge, Matthew J. Almeida, Natasha V. van Ginneken, Matthias et al. Abundant microchondrules in 162173 Ryugu suggest a turbulent origin for primitive asteroids 6466 s41467-025-61357-1 Yet again, I’ll state: most asteroids (the… Read More »Note, Paper: Early-Disk Grit
Oh look, an article in Nature. Well, a Nature-family title, Nature Communications Earth & Environment. In vol. 6: Kawasaki, N. Arakawa, S. Miyamoto, Yushi et al. Solar System’s earliest solids as tracers of the accretion region of Ryugu and Ivuna-type carbonaceous chondrites… Read More »Note, Paper: CAIs in CI and Haya
One paper in MNRAS (Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society) for July: Volume 540, Issue 3– Volume 540, Issue 4– Volume 541, Issue 1Smyth-Moore, A. Kaufmann, E. Jia, Q. et al. Exploring planetary regolith: deriving geotechnically meaningful properties from… Read More »Note, Paper: Regolith Pegging