In light of the Lucy mission’s asteroid flyby tomorrow (1:51 PM EDT), it’s time for another batch of papers from Planetary Science Journal. In volume 6: Runyon, K. D. Durda, D. D. Klein, V. et al. Methods for Experimental Planetary… Read More »Note, Paper: Pre-Flyby Write
There’s an extra, mid-month Icarus (vol. 432 15 May), stretching from submillimeter to planetary: Whattam, S. A. Predominance of porphyritic textures in chondrules due to density sorting of precursor materials? Constraints from melting experiments Article 116510 .2025.116510Rider-Stokes, B. G.… Read More »Note, Paper: …from little acorns grow…
…and now Thursday, March 13, 2025 (see also Mon, Tue, Wed) https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2025/technical_program/ Special Session: Interesting Ices of the Solar SystemRole of Natron in Delaying Retreat of Buried Ice Tables on Ceres and Ceres-Like Objects [#2251] Landis M. E. et al.A… Read More »56th LPSC (2025): Thu, Day 4
…we continue with Day 3 (see also Days 1 and 2): Program (https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2025/technical_program/#20250310) Wednesday, March 12, 2025 Space Weathering https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2025/technical_program/?session_no=403Effect of Oxygen Ion Irradiation on the Visible, Infrared, and Raman Spectra of Phobos Candidate Materials: Implications on the Space Weathering… Read More »56th LPSC (2025): Wed, Day 3
Lots of stuff (as one might expect from the title) in PSJ (Planetary Science Journal): Rivera-Valentin, E. G. et al. Radar Circular Polarization Ratio of Near-Earth Asteroids: Links to Spectral Taxonomy and Surface Processes art 232 ad7df1Poston, M. J. et al.… Read More »Note, Paper: (Minor) PSJ
Some asteroids are active- shedding mass, like a comet. Bennu is one of them, observed by OSIRIS-REx to be ejecting pebbles to cobbles into space. Now, from the former Soviet, now Russian journal Solar System Research, for October 2024, vol.… Read More »Note, Paper: Activity Ahoy
It’s DPS time! The American Astronomical Society’s Division for Planetary Sciences is now holding their 56th annual meeting (#DPS2024), in Boise, ID. The general AAS meeting (every winter) is just…too…big, so the divisions hold sub-meetings. In odd-numbered years, DPS and… Read More »AAS DPS meeting, one
I didn’t really get a chance to discuss the A&A papers from last week. They were kind of important, both by the purview of this blog, and in general: Liu, Z. Hestroffer, D. Desmars, J. et al. Asteroid (4337) Arecibo:… Read More »Note, Paper: As & As Asts, again…
Wow, what a haul in this month’s Astronomy & Astrophysics (August, vol.688). And the month isn’t over, they could squeak in an article or two: Fornasier, S. Dotto, E. Panuzzo, P. et al. Size, albedo, and rotational period of the… Read More »Note, Paper: As & As Asts
Since I posted from M&PS, here’s more of April: Burbine, T. H. Greenwood, R. C. Zhang, B. et al. How many Vesta-like bodies existed in … p. 878 14134 Rubin, A. E. Turrin, B. D. Nature and timing of a… Read More »Note, Paper: Meteoritics APR