…to continue, a big push at LPSC was space weathering, of both Ryugu and Bennu. -Both Ryugu and Bennu grains show some palpably space-weathered surfaces, presumably the outward sides of exposed (surface) regolith particles. The space weathering is palpable as… Read More »LPSC Meeting 2024, part 2
Icarus, the Solar System Astronomy journal, has some worthy papers as you might expect. First, a holdover from the “March” Icarus issue (vol. 410- not like months are even relevant any more for a virtual “issue”): Kamada, A. Kuroda, T.… Read More »Note, Paper: Icarus and the water
March edition of Cometary Science News (apparently no Feb?) now up. Three papers: luminescence of objects (i. e., UV/IR reemission) including asteroids, and distant-yet-active comets. Luminescence is chemically/compositionally interesting, but for characterization, not search. The Hui et al. paper on… Read More »Cometary Science News, March
Normally, Astrophysical Journal isn’t much of a source on small bodies. The March “issue,” however, has some asteroid/comet research of note, touching upon basic laws of the Solar System: vol. 963 Issue 1 (March 1): Taki, T. Wakita, S. Chondrule… Read More »Note, Paper: Digital Bits on Critical Bits