The European Geophysical Union held their annual meeting, in Vienna, At. You may ask what a “geophysical union” has to do with this site. Since Earth accreted from asteroids, geophysics has, oh… 99.99% to do with an asteroid site. Geochemistry… Read More »EGU24 Meeting
I spoke too soon on the April (vol. 167 #4) Astronomical Journal. It was in progress, still some more articles to come. Here are the rest: Proudfoot, B. C. N. Ragozzine, D. A. Thatcher, M. L. et al. Beyond Point… Read More »Note, Paper: A-Deeper Look
It’s not every day one spots a long-lost relation. After some tracking duration (called “observing arc” in our field), it appears we’ve found a new (…to us) Mars trojan asteroid. Object 2023 FW14 (provisional designation, sure to change ~2025-26) is… Read More »Big-Little News: 2023 FW14
The April issue of Astronomical Journal is not so Solar-System-centric as last month’s, but that’s publishing for you. Last month was a bounty, this one’s a breather: K. Tang, A. Pomazan, Maigurova, N. et al. Error Analysis for Rotating-drift-scan Charge-coupled… Read More »Note, Paper: April AJ, yay!
The March issue of Astronomy and Astrophysics (vol. 683, Mar. 24) is a little light. Two small-body articles are roughly typical of that journal. Galinier, M. Delbo, M. Avdellidou, C. et al. Discovery of the first olivine-dominated A-type… p. L3… Read More »Note, Paper: A & A assay
Wow, what a mother lode in the March issue (vol. 167, #3) of AJ. Transition objects galore: Explicit comets (including high, supervolatile-based activity), Kuiper Belt- and Jupiter Trojan-objects (likely quasi-comets that just don’t warm up enough), and general sky search:… Read More »Note, Paper: Astronomical Journal, pre-Vernal
Lots of energetic events in the “February” issues of MNRAS (Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society). MNRAS 2024 vol. 528 (February), issue 1: Yang, H. Yee, J. C. Hwang, K.-H. Systematic reanalysis of KMTNet microlensing events, paper I:… p.11… Read More »Note, Paper: Bump/Flash/Crash in the night
This isn’t news to anyone already in the loop, but… a Rubin Observatory presser spells it out for those who aren’t. The sky survey by Vera Rubin might as well be a long, heavy asteroid mission: Rubin Observatory will Inspire… Read More »…”Without Ever Leaving the Ground”