Cometary Science Newsletter

LSST Solar System Predictions and Analysis Software AAS Journals Focus Issues

Beginning at the end of next year, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) will usher in a new era of solar system science. The survey is expected to discover and monitor ~5 million Solar System objects over the next decade. We are organizing two AAS Publishing Focus Issues. One Focus Issue in the Astronomical Journal (AJ) aims to be a collection of papers presenting software designed to facilitate solar system science with the LSST. The Second Focus Issue in the Planetary Science Journal (PSJ) is a collection of papers on the latest predictions for the small body discoveries with the LSST. Anyone with papers on these topics is welcome to submit to the Focus Issues. Papers can be submitted to any of the AAS Journals (except for AAS Research Notes). Further details about submission and the scope of the Focus Issues can be found at http://lsst-sssc.github.io/focusissues.html