Latitudinal librations of Mercury with a fluid core     

Julien Dufey  Benoît Noyelles  Nicolas Rambaux 《Icarus》2009,203(1):1-12

In the framework of the space missions to Mercury, an accurate model of rotation is needed. Librations around the 3:2 spin-orbit resonance as well as latitudinal librations have to be predicted with the best possible accuracy. In this paper, we use a Hamiltonian analysis and numerical integrations to study the librations of Mercury, both in longitude and latitude. Due to the proximity of the period of the free libration in longitude to the orbital period of Jupiter, the 88-day and 11.86-year contributions dominate Mercury’s libration in longitude (with the Hermean parameters chosen). The amplitude of the libration in latitude is much smaller (under 1 arcsec) and should not be detected by the space missions. Nevertheless, we point out that this amplitude could be much larger (up to several tens of arcsec) if the free period related to the libration in latitude approaches the period of the Jupiter-Saturn Great Inequality (883 years). Given the large uncertainties on the planetary parameters, this new resonant forcing on Mercury’s libration in latitude should be borne in mind.  相似文献   

Erratum to “Soil pH controls the environmental availability of phosphorus: Experimental and mechanistic modelling approaches” [Appl. Geochem. 24 (11), 2163–2174]     

Nicolas Devau  Edith Le Cadre  Philippe Hinsinger  Benoît Jaillard  Frédéric Gérard 《Applied Geochemistry》2010

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Physical properties of (2) Pallas     

Benoît Carry  Christophe Dumas  Jérôme Berthier  Stéphane Erard  Jack D. Drummond  Marcello Fulchignoni 《Icarus》2010,205(2):460-472

Ground-based high angular-resolution images of asteroid (2) Pallas at near-infrared wavelengths have been used to determine its physical properties (shape, dimensions, spatial orientation and albedo distribution).We acquired and analyzed adaptive optics (AO) J/H/K-band observations from Keck II and the Very Large Telescope taken during four Pallas oppositions between 2003 and 2007, with spatial resolution spanning 32-88 km (image scales 13-20 km/pixel). We improve our determination of the size, shape, and pole by a novel method that combines our AO data with 51 visual light-curves spanning 34 years of observations as well as archived occultation data.The shape model of Pallas derived here reproduces well both the projected shape of Pallas on the sky (average deviation of edge profile of 0.4 pixel) and light-curve behavior (average deviation of 0.019 mag) at all the epochs considered. We resolved the pole ambiguity and found the spin-vector coordinates to be within 5° of [longitude, latitude] = [30°, −16°] in the Ecliptic J2000.0 reference frame, indicating a high obliquity of about 84°, leading to high seasonal contrast. The best triaxial-ellipsoid fit returns ellipsoidal radii of , and . From the mass of Pallas determined by gravitational perturbation on other minor bodies , [Michalak, G., 2000. Astron. Astrophys. 360, 363-374], we derive a density of significantly different from the density of C-type (1) Ceres of [Carry, B., Dumas, C., Fulchignoni, M., Merline, W.J., Berthier, J., Hestroffer, D., Fusco, T., Tamblyn, P., 2008. Astron. Astrophys. 478 (4), 235-244]. Considering the spectral similarities of Pallas and Ceres at visible and near-infrared wavelengths, this may point to fundamental differences in the interior composition or structure of these two bodies.We define a planetocentric longitude system for Pallas, following IAU guidelines. We also present the first albedo maps of Pallas covering ∼80% of the surface in K-band. These maps reveal features with diameters in the 70-180 km range and an albedo contrast of about 6% with respect to the mean surface albedo.  相似文献   

Structure of the low permeable naturally fractured geothermal reservoir at Soultz     

Chrystel Dezayes  Albert Genter  Benoît Valley 《Comptes Rendus Geoscience》2010,342(7-8):517-530

The permeability of the granite geothermal reservoir of Soultz is primarily related to major fracture zones, which, in turn, are connected to dense networks of small-scale fractures. The small-scale fractures are nearly vertical and the major direction is about N0°E. This direction differs from that of the Rhine Graben, which is about N20°E to N45°E in northern Alsace. A total of 39 fracture zones, with a general strike of N160°E, have been identified in six wells between 1400 and 5000 m depth. These fracture zones are spatially concentrated in three clusters. The upper cluster at 1800–2000 m True Vertical Depth (TVD) is highly permeable. At 3000–3400 m TVD, the intermediate cluster in composed of a dense network developed in an altered matrix and forms the upper reservoir. In the lower part of the wells, the deeper cluster appears as a fractured reservoir developed within a low permeable matrix. Fracture zones represent a key element to take into account for predicting the geothermal reservoir life time submitted to various thermo-hydromechanical and chemical processes generated by hydraulic or chemical stimulations and by hydraulic circulation tests related to long-term exploitation.  相似文献   

Chaos induced by De Haerdtl inequality in the Galilean system     

Benoît Noyelles  Alain Vienne 《Icarus》2007,190(2):594-607

This paper aims at studying the long-term orbital consequences of the perturbations related to De Haerdtl inequality, a current quasi-commensurability between the Galilean satellites of Jupiter Ganymede and Callisto. We used the method of Frequency Map Analysis to detect a chaotic behavior in a 5-bodies system where every inequality has been dropped, except of De Haerdtl one. We also used Frequency Analysis to draw the behavior of the arguments likely to become resonant, in several numerical integrations. We show that De Haerdtl inequality might have induced chaos in the past if Ganymede's and Callisto's eccentricities have been higher than 4×¹⁰⁻³. Moreover, we enlight the influence of Jupiter's obliquity on this chaos. We also enlight some aspects of this chaotic behavior, showing for instance stable chaos and single resonances. The main result of this study is that De Haerdtl inequality should be taken into account in every study of the long term orbital evolution of the Galilean satellites.  相似文献   

International Association of Geomorphologists Newsletter No. 18 (3/2001)     

Paul Williams  Selma Simes De Castro  Janet Hooke  Wang Ying  Vít Vilímek  Karl‐Heinz Schmidt  Anto Raukas  Tsuguo Sunamura  Algimantas Cesnulevicios  Irasema Alcntara‐Ayala  James P. Terry  Milos Stankoviansky  Carol P. Harden 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2001,26(12):1353-1360

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Ice Sheet And Satellite Altimetry     

Frédérique Rémy  Benoît Legresy  Laurent Testut 《Surveys in Geophysics》2001,22(1):1-29

Since 1991, the altimeters of the ERS European Satellites allow the observation of 80% of the Antarctica ice sheet and the whole Greenland ice sheet: They thus offer for the first time a unique vision of polar ice caps. Indeed, surface topography is an essential data thanks to its capacity to highlight the physical processes which control the surface shape, or to test models. Moreover, the altimeter is also a radar which makes it possible to estimate the snow surface or subsurface characteristics, such as surface roughness induced by the strong katabatic wind or ice grain size. The polar ice caps may not be in a stationary state, they continue to respond to the climatic warming of the beginning of the Holocene, that is 18000 years ago, and possibly start to react to present climatic warming: the altimeter offers the unique means of estimating the variations of volume and thus the contribution of polar ice caps to present sea level change.  相似文献   

Water table variations in Atacama Desert alluvial fans: discussion of “Evidence of short-term groundwater recharge signal propagation from the Andes to the central Atacama Desert: a singular spectrum analysis approach”*     

Benoît Viguier  Hervé Jourde  Véronique Leonardi  Elisabeth Lictevout  Linda Daniele 《水文科学杂志》2020,65(9):1606-1613

ABSTRACT

Using a statistical approach, Scheihing attempts to demonstrate the direct influence of recharge events in the Precordillera and the Andean Piedmont on water table variations in downstream alluvial fans. The author “unquestionably” discards the existence of ephemeral recharge processes in alluvial fans although they are frequently impacted by major floods. However, the author does not consider previous publications about recharge processes in arid alluvial fans, the hydraulic setting of the Pampa del Tamarugal Aquifer (PTA) and anthropogenic pressure changes in the PTA. Because the sustainable management of groundwater resources in drylands depends on a good understanding of hydrogeological processes, we propose a thorough reinterpretation of the short- and long-term PTA water table variations addressed by the author. In this comment, we illustrate the limits of the sole use of a statistical approach for characterizing both recharge processes and factors controlling the water table variations in the Atacama Desert.  相似文献   

Daily variations of the characteristics of beating-typePc3 (Bpc3) pulsations     

Jaroslav Střeštík  Karel Prikner  Karel Dobeš  Reviewer M. Hvoždara 《Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica》1973,17(1):27-35

Summary The spectra of nearly 100 samples of Bpc3 pulsations were computed in the X and Y components of data from the Budkov Observatory. These spectra were used to study the daily variations of the fundamental characteristics of the pulsations, the frequency f ₀ and amplitude A ₀ of the main spectral peaks. The daily variation of the ellipticity of the polarization ellipses of oscillations in frequency f ₀ was also studied in the XY-plane.Part of these results was reported at the XVth General Assembly of the IUGG, Moscow, August 1971.  相似文献   

Properties of spectra of geomagneticpi2 pulsations recorded at the budkov observatory     

Jaroslav Střeštík 《Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica》1969,13(1):42-59

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