Is something happening at Nature Group, something positive? Three days, four items in NatAstronomy: Pilorget, C. Baklouti, D. Bibring, J.-P. et al. 25 September 2024 Phosphorus-rich grains in Ryugu samples with major biochemical potential s41550-024-02366-w Bennu (via the OSIRIS-REx sample)… Read More »Note, Paper: Nature AWESOMY
The Astrophysical Journal doesn’t usually fall in my purview, except today. From vol. 973, September 20: Shoji, D. Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Micrometeoroid Bombardment for Space Weathering of Asteroid (162173) Ryugu art. 13 ad70b0 Ground telescopes had classed Ryugu… Read More »Note, Paper: Aquaphysical J
Like GCA, the journal Icarus is digital and doesn’t have twelve “issues” per year. So time to catch up, with October (vol. 421): Wargnier, A. G. Doressoundiram, T. Poggiali, A. et al. Spectro-photometry of Phobos simulants. I… Art 116216 .2024.116216Wimarsson, J.… Read More »Note, Paper: Icarus Insert
This one’s big, and by that I don’t mean “Ceres.” Pamerleau, I. F. Sori, M. M. Scully, J. E. C. An ancient and impure frozen ocean on Ceres implied by its ice-rich crust, Nature Astronomy 18 Sep 2024 s41550-024-02350-4 First… Read More »Note, Paper: Serious Ceres Ice
Catching up with Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 642 (15 Sep): Rider-Stokes, B.G. Stephant, A. Anand, M. et al. Evidence against water delivery by impacts with… Article 118860 .2024.118860 Bekaert, D.V. Caracausi, A. Marty, B. et al. The low primordial… Read More »Note, Paper: Earth AND Plan. Sci. Lett.
…yet more EPSC. I said it was a meeting comparable to LPSC. https://www.epsc2024.eu/ Programme – browse by day & time OPS3 Wed, 11 Sep Convener: Axel Hagermann | Co-: Stefan Schröder, Günter Kargl From Ceres to Pluto – Exploring the… Read More »Europlanet. Sci. Congress 2024, Part Gamma
Forgot PSJ for August, and it was good. In the vol. 5, #8 issue of the Planetary Science Journal: Waller, C. D. Espiritu, R. C. Tinsman, C. et al. Science Product Pipelines and Archive Architecture… p. 177 /ad5959Meyer, A. J.… Read More »Note, Paper: Pla paperS
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…
A deeper dive in this month’s Planetary and Space Science (vol. 247 Aug 2024): Soini, A.-J. Kukkonen, I.T. Suhonen, H. et al. 3D porosity, flow, and transport characteristics of t… Art 105915 .2024.105915 We know the carbonaceous chondrite asteroids (including… Read More »Note, Paper: Planet/Space spaces, wet
So many meetings. In honor of the career of UCLA’s Christopher Russell, there will be a conference at his institution: https://www.space.ucla.edu/russell2024 C. T. Russell is of note here: he was a project scientist- the lead scientist- on the Dawn mission,… Read More »Christopher Russell Meeting