I covered ApJ, here’s ApJL: …vol. 967, #1, May 20: Kareta, T. Noonan, J. W. Volk, K. et al. Jupiter Co-Orbital Comet P/2023 V6 (PANSTARRS): Orbital… L5 ad3dea Gomez Barrientos, J. de Kleer, K. Ehlmann, B. L. et al. Detection… Read More »Note, Paper: …more than a bit
Day 2: – The OSIRIS-REx information was specific, possibly a little too far into the weeds. Lots of slides and speech about curation, from lab equipment and handling procedures to particle-request applications and allocation committees. Granted, the point of OSIRIS-REx,… Read More »…ExMAG Spring 2024, continued…
…before I continue with ExMAG, a recap of AbSciCon. The AGU‘s Astrobiology conference (“AbSciCon” for short) just took place, this time in Providence, Rhode Island. Dworkin, J. P. McLain, H. L. Parker, E. T. et al. A Search for Extraterrestrial… Read More »AbSciCon 2024 meeting
Can’t forget Icarus, the Solar-System-dedicated journal. Now, From June (v. 415): Tang, Y. Lauretta, D. S. Ballouz, R. L. et al. Characterization of a mass movement site in Ben… a 116056 .2024.116056Smirnov, E. A. A comparative analysis of machine learning… Read More »Note, Paper: Icarus (2)
Topical (or would that be subdural?) work in the May (v. 372) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta: Fowler, S. J. Sherman, D. M. Brodholt, J. P. et al. Mineral-water reactions in Earth’s mantle: Predictions from Born theory and … p. 111… Read More »Aqu-al-ways (Float paper)
The ASCE’s 19th Earth & Space Conference just happened in Miami, Florida (FIU). The highlights: Broslav, T. Dreyer, C. Sercel, J. Volatile Production Model from Optically Spalled CI/CM Asteroid Sim… 9662 Ellery, A. Trials & Tribulations of Asteroid Mining 8087 Witness… Read More »Earth & Space 2024 Meeting
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
A new paper in Meteoritics & Planetary Science brings up a key issue: Michalik, T. Maturilli, A. Cloutis, E. A. et al. 05 April 2024 Laboratory VIS-NIR reflectance measurements of heated Vesta regolith… 14156 Water on Vesta. Water on the… Read More »Moat Paper: Vesta’s Water
The April “issue” (part of vol. 529, billed as three issues) of MNRAS (Royal Astronomical Society’s journal) isn’t complete; issue #3 is still in progress. I’ll go ahead and cite the first two: Vol. 529, #2: Sun, S. Shi, J.… Read More »Note, Paper: most Monthly Notices of
There has been a recurring theme through the past, oh, 15 years or more of Small-Body science. The April issue (vol. 243) of Planetary and Space Science is like heavy rotation: Kokhirova, G. I. Zhonmuhammadi, A. I. Khamroev, U. H.… Read More »Comet-Asteroids by Shower (Mote Paper)