August news, starcharts and research items.
Edwin Rod
With all the rain here there hasn’t been any observing so plenty of time to read the newsletters and research items from this month for people here in most of NZ.
Highlights would be looking at the number of Moons an earth sized and Earth like Planet could have along with a look at the Martian Moons too. A new super Earth Planet has been found.
There is also a range of interesting news items too.
I have also created some Ai generated art of Red Dwarfs and there planets on Midjourney on discord which has been very interesting
Research papers
A super-Earth orbiting near the inner edge of the habitable zone around the M4.5 dwarf Ross?508
https://academic.oup.com/pasj/advance-article/doi/10.1093/pasj/psac044/6623879?login=true
Architecture and implementation of the Argus Array
https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.14304
The 2019 Discovery of a Meteor of Interstellar Origin
https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.07224
A faint, distant, and cold brown dwarf
https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.14802
How Many Moons could the earth have?
Moon-packing around an Earth-mass Planet
https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.03604
Challenges in forming Phobos and Deimos directly from a splitting of an ancestor single moon
https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.04794
Computational modeling of orthostatic intolerance for travel to Mars
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41526-022-00219-2
Rocket Lab Mission to Venus
https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/9/8/445/htm
The Astronomical, Astrobiological and Planetary Science Case for Interstellar Spaceflight
https://arxiv.org/abs/1008.4893
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Interesting News items
Europa
https://news.utexas.edu/2022/08/15/underwater-snow-gives-clues-about-europas-icy-shell/
You know I had never thourgh about this before, but the tidal pull of the satellites would impact the rings.
https://spaceref.com/science-and-exploration/why-jupiter-doesnt-have-rings-like-saturn/
Yes making this happen with everything working is going to be amazing
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-will-inspire-world-when-it-returns-mars-samples-to-earth-in-2033
Rocket Lab
An amazing canyon system
Nice spots on the lunar surface
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/07/moon-lunar-pits-comfortable-temperature/670991
Readying spacecraft to surf Venus’ atmosphere
An interesting look at Ceres
https://spaceref.com/science-and-exploration/how-ceres-powers-unexpected-geologic-activity/
Another interesting discovery here
If exoplanets around red dwarf stars are your interesting this is another interesting discovery.
Ross 508 is around 20% the mass of the Sun, with the super Earth perhaps 4 times that of our own planet, on an elliptical orbit.
Can a Super-Earth around a Low-Mass Star Harbor Life?
https://subarutelescope.org/en/results/2022/07/31/3075.html
A super-Earth orbiting near the inner edge of the habitable zone around the M4.5 dwarf Ross?508
https://academic.oup.com/pasj/advance-article/doi/10.1093/pasj/psac044/6623879?login=true
Ross 508 b: What We Can Learn from a Red Dwarf Super-Earth
I think they have all the main points right
A great video showing it being moved and assambled here to watch, and is this going to be an amazing mission too.
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-europa-clipper-spacecraft-kicks-assembly-into-high-gear
Alright, here is another reminder that you only have less than a month left to sort your amazing astro photos for the NZ Astrophotography competition 2022.
This year's judge is Alyn Wallace, who is arguably one of the world's top Astro, landscape, and time-lapse photographers.
Please read over the rules and conditions of entry before submitting your entries.
https://drive.google.com/.../1xMg.../view...
The last date for submitting your entries is the 21st of September 2022. The competition awards will be announced at the Burbidge dinner, Which is the Auckland Astronomical Society's premier annual event; keep an eye out on the society website for details of the forthcoming Burbidge dinner.
This year, the entries will be submitted via Google Form, so no more downloading and signing entry forms.
https://forms.gle/vnGsWJe7nUtcVcHX9
We are looking forward to seeing all your images and wishing you all clear skies.
