The Volatile Composition and Activity Evolution of Main-belt Comet 358P/PANSTARRS by Henry H. Hsieh, John W. Noonan, Michael S. P. Kelley, Dennis Bodewits, Jana Pittichová, Audrey Thirouin, Marco Micheli, Matthew M. Knight, Michele T. Bannister, Colin O. Chandler, Carrie E. Holt, Matthew J. Hopkins, Yaeji Kim, Nicholas A. Moskovitz, William J. Oldroyd, Jack Patterson, Scott S. Sheppard, Nicole Tan, Chadwick A. Trujillo, Quanzhi Ye

Subjects: “…Main-belt comets…”
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Observations and Quantitative Compositional Analysis of Ceres, Pallas, and Hygiea Using JWST/NIRSpec by Andrew S. Rivkin, Cristina A. Thomas, Ian Wong, Bryan Holler, Helena C. Bates, Ellen S. Howell, Bethany L. Ehlmann, Stefanie N. Milam, Heidi B. Hammel

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Long-term Spectral Monitoring of Active Asteroid (6478) Gault: Implications for the H Chondrite Parent Body by Adam Battle, Vishnu Reddy, Juan A. Sanchez, Neil Pearson, Benjamin N. L. Sharkey, Theodore Kareta

Subjects: “…Main belt asteroids…”
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Nongravitational Forces in Planetary Systems by David Jewitt

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On the Lunar Origin of Near-Earth Asteroid 2024 PT5 by Theodore Kareta, Oscar Fuentes-Muñoz, Nicholas Moskovitz, Davide Farnocchia, Benjamin N. L. Sharkey

“…PT5's orbit is challenging to populate with asteroids originating from the main belt and is more commonly associated with rocket bodies mistakenly identified as natural objects or with debris ejected from impacts on the Moon. …”
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The Discovery and Characterization of Minimoon 2024 PT5 by Bryce T. Bolin, Larry Denneau, Laura-May Abron, Robert Jedicke, Kristin Chiboucas, Carl Ingebretsen, Brian C. Lemaux

“…If we assume 2024 PT _5 is from the near-Earth object (NEO) population, its most likely sources are resonances in the inner Main Belt when we compare its orbit with the NEO population model though this does not exclude a lunar origin.…”
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The James Webb Space Telescope Absolute Flux Calibration. III. Mid-infrared Instrument Medium Resolution Integral Field Unit Spectrometer by David R. Law, Ioannis Argyriou, Karl D. Gordon, G. C. Sloan, Danny Gasman, Alistair Glasse, Kirsten Larson, Leigh N. Fletcher, Alvaro Labiano, Alberto Noriega-Crespo

“…We calibrate the 18–28 μ m spectral range using a combination of observations of main belt asteroid 515 Athalia and the circumstellar disk around young stellar object SAO 206462. …”
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Unusual Space Weathering on a CE-5 Metal Grain Indicates Deceptive Surface Signatures of M-type Asteroids by Tian Zhang, Hong Tang, Xiongyao Li, Yuanyun Wen, Bing Mo, Wen Yu, Chuanjiao Zhou, Jianzhong Liu

“…However, recent spectral and radar observations reveal an insufficient number of M-type asteroids in the main belt. Here, we report unusual space weathering characteristics associated with a natural metal grain found in Chang'e 5 lunar soil. …”
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