20:29 <raptop> astronomers naming things: https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.09702

20:29 <galois> [arXiv] “Habitable Zone and Atmosphere Retention Distance (HaZARD) Stellar-evolution-dependent loss models of secondary atmospheres” Gwenaël Van Looveren, Sudeshna Boro Saikia, Oliver Herbort et al. — «A major open question in exoplanet research is whether secondary atmospheres are rare around Earth-sized rocky exoplanets. In this work we determine the distance at which an Earth-sized planet orbiting a variety of stellar hosts…»

21:17 <raptop> Explanet mission updates: https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.09730

21:17 <galois> [arXiv] “The Pandora SmallSat: A Low-Cost, High Impact Mission to Study Exoplanets and Their Host Stars” Thomas Barclay, Elisa V. Quintana, Knicole Colón et al. — «The Pandora SmallSat is a NASA flight project aimed at studying the atmospheres of exoplanets -- planets orbiting stars outside our Solar System. Pandora will provide the first dataset of simultaneous, multiband (visible and NIR), long-baseline observations of…»

21:17 <raptop> Meanwhile in Japan: https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.09916

21:17 <galois> [arXiv] “Surface dynamics and geophysical environment of asteroid (3200) Phaethon” Hangbin Jo, Masateru Ishiguro, Derek C. Richardson et al. — «Context. (3200) Phaethon is a ~5-km-diameter near-Earth asteroid with a small perihelion distance of 0.14 au and is the parent body of the Geminids. JAXA's DESTINY+ mission will fly by Phaethon in the near future. Aims. We aim to support the pre-flight planning for the DESTINY+ mission by…»