March 2023 News research

Hi Everyone

 

Please find this month’s News and Starcharts attached along with all the interesting research.

 

There is a good look at the Trappist planets that I myself still need to read, these papers also tie in well with the Exo Venuses. Following on from that a few goon ones on Exo planets too. With all the posts about starlink it’s been a real interest for many people and there is a good paper on the issue here too. I feel like I have a lot of reading to do this month. Amazingly it’s a nice mild clear night tonight too here in Wellington, we might be in for a stormy winter too.

 

Thanks Edwin

 

Research papers

 

 

 

A good update on the Trappist planets here

Thermal Emission from the Earth-sized Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b using JWST

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05951-7

 

 

The Demographics of Terrestrial Planets in the Venus Zone

https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.03055

 

 

A New Definition of Exoplanet Habitability Introducing the Photosynthetic Habitable Zone

https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.13836

 

 

Terminator Habitability The Case for Limited Water Availability on M-dwarf Planets

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/aca970

 

 

 

 

 

Testing GR and alternative theories with planetary ephemerides

https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.01821

 

 

When Leaving the Solar System Dark Matter Makes a Difference

https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.06575

 

 

 

 

Aggregate effects of proliferating low-Earth-orbit objects and implications for astronomical data lost in the noise

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-023-01904-2

 

 

 

The origin of free-floating planets

https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.05522

 

 

 

The Strongest Magnetic Fields on the Coolest Brown Dwarfs

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4365/aac2d5

 

 

 

 

 

Widespread Hydrogenation of the Moons South Polar Cold Traps

https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.03911

 

 

Surface changes observed on a Venusian volcano during the Magellan mission

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abm7735

 

 

Autonomous Restructuring of Asteroids into Rotating Space Stations

https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.12353

 

 

Exploring the recycling model of Phobos formation

https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.12556

 

 

A continuum of icy satellites’ radar properties explained by the coherent backscatter effect

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-023-01920-2

 

 

 

 

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Interesting News items

 

 

Amazing video to watch here of the plane

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/131599726/rocketpowered-space-planes-get-approval-to-operate-out-of-nz-airports

 

 

 

 

A new place to look for alien life: The photosynthetic habitable zone

https://astronomy.com/news/2023/02/photosynthetic-habitable-zone-a-new-place-to-look-for-alien-life

 

 

A planet-hunting consortium is marking five successful years by releasing data on more than 50 worlds.

https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/new-planets-in-the-neighborhood

 

 

 

 

A Fresh Look at Kepler-444’s Ancient Planetary System

https://aasnova.org/2023/02/24/a-fresh-look-at-kepler-444s-ancient-planetary-system/

 

 

 

A good look at Ceres here

https://www.lpi.usra.edu/planetary_news/2023/03/07/late-accretion-of-ceres-like-asteroids-and-their-implantation-into-the-outer-main-belt

 

 

 

NASA’s Magellan Data Reveals Volcanic Activity on Venus

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-s-magellan-data-reveals-volcanic-activity-on-venus

 

 

Habitability of Tidally Locked Planets with Sporadic Rotation

https://astrobiology.com/2023/03/habitability-of-tidally-locked-planets-with-sporadic-rotation.html

 

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