木星和土星冰卫星上的撞击坑分布:探寻外太阳系撞击体来源的钥匙     

徐璐媛 《地质学报》2021,95(9):2662-2677

充分认识外太阳系撞击体的来源类型和分布特征,对认识外太阳系固态天体上撞击过程,明确外太阳系天体上的撞击坑生成率和撞击坑定年等诸多方面具有重要的意义.得益于海量高质量探测数据的获取,如今我们对内太阳系主要天体表面的撞击分布和来源已经有了较为深入的了解,但对外太阳系天体的撞击分布和来源还知之甚少.不同大小频率的撞击体会在外太阳系冰卫星表面形成不同大小频率分布的撞击坑,不同飞行速度的撞击体也会在同步自转的冰卫星上留下程度不同的前导-后随半球不对称分布的撞击坑,因此,对外太阳系冰卫星上撞击坑的大小频率分布和前导-后随半球不对称性分布的观测,可以用于反推外太阳系的主要撞击来源.木星系统中大坑(D＞10～30 km)的主要撞击来源是日心小天体(环绕太阳),但目前在木卫三和木卫四上观测到的前导-后随半球不对称性程度与黄道彗星引起的不对称性程度并不相符,更接近于近各向同性彗星(NICs)引起的不对称性,这与目前的天文观测和理论计算结果不一致;木卫二上的大坑稀少,小坑(D＜1 km)则主要受一次坑的溅射物影响.对土星系统,土卫五和土卫八的大坑(D＞20～30 km)分布更符合日心小天体来源;而土卫一、土卫四、土卫三上的分布则与行心碎屑物(以行星为中心)一致,尤其是小坑更可能来自以土星为中心的撞击体影响,例如大型盆地的溅射物或卫星碎片残骸.  相似文献   

Carbon dioxide on planetary bodies: Theoretical and experimental studies of molecular complexes     

Galina M. Chaban 《Icarus》2007,187(2):592-599

An absorption band at ∼4.26 μm wavelength attributed to the asymmetric stretching mode of CO in CO₂ has been found on two satellites of Jupiter and several satellites of Saturn. The wavelength of pure CO₂ ice determined in the laboratory is 4.2675 μm, indicating that the CO₂ on the satellites occurs either trapped in a host material, or in a chemical or physical complex with other materials, resulting in a blue shift of the wavelength of the band. In frequency units, the shifts in the satellite spectra range from 3.7 to 11.3 cm⁻¹. We have performed ab initio quantum chemical calculations of CO₂ molecules chemically complexed with one, two, and more H₂O molecules and molecules of CH₃OH to explore the possibility that the blue shift of the band is caused by chemical complexing of CO₂ with other volatile materials. Our computations of the harmonic and anharmonic vibrational frequencies using high levels of theory show a frequency shift to the blue by 5 cm⁻¹ from pure CO₂ to CO-H₂O, and an additional 5 cm⁻¹ from CO₂-H₂O to CO₂-2H₂O. Complexing with more than two H₂O molecules does not increase the blue shift. Complexes of CO₂ with one molecule of CH₃OH and with one CH₃OH plus one H₂O molecule produce smaller shifts than the CO₂-2H₂O complex. Laboratory studies of CO₂:H₂O in a solid N₂ matrix also show a blue shift of the asymmetric stretching mode.  相似文献   

Mass and interior of Enceladus from Cassini data analysis     

Nicole J. Rappaport  Luciano Iess  Aseel Anabtawi  Lucia Somenzi 《Icarus》2007,190(1):175-178

Gravity results are available from radio Doppler data acquired by the Deep Space Network during the encounter of the Cassini spacecraft with Enceladus in February 2005. We report the mass of Enceladus to be (1.0798±0.0016)×¹⁰²⁰ kg, which implies a density of . For a core made of hydrated silicates with a density of 2500 kg m⁻³ the core radius is ∼190 km and the quadrupole moment C₂₂∼1.4×¹⁰⁻³. If Enceladus is in hydrostatic equilibrium, the larger than previously anticipated density implies that the recently proposed secondary spin-orbit resonance cannot be present. Therefore, the source of endogenic activity of Enceladus remains unexplained.  相似文献   

Modeling of the radial and transverse components of the albedo function     

Afaf M. Abd El-Hameed  K. I. Khalil  Y. E. Helali 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2009,320(4):315-320

In this work, we shall confine ourselves to solve analytically the integrals called , for the two components of albedo radiation pressure on an Earth’s satellite. When the Earth’s albedo is variable, as far as we know, this case has not been dealt with analytically. We shall solve these two integrals when the satellite’ horizon is illuminated and when the sun lies on the equator. This approach will facilitate the evaluation of the mentioned two equations. We will also compare our results with previous works obtained numerically.  相似文献   

Astrometry of Iapetus, Ariel, Umbriel, and Titania from eclipses and occultations     

Anthony Mallama  Mitsuru Sôma 《Icarus》2009,200(1):265-270

Highly accurate astrometric positions obtained from eclipses and occultations of planetary satellites are reported. These measurements may be used to test existing ephemerides, to improve upon them, and to fit system constants such as satellite masses and planetary zonal harmonics. Eclipse and occultation photometry of 5 uranian satellite mutual events has resulted in precise astrometry for 3 of these moons. Relative satellite positions were determined with an uncertainty of less than 10 milli-arcseconds for 4 of the events. These observations plus two additional data from C. Miller and N.J. Chanover (private communication) indicate that predictions based on the SPICE [Acton, C.H., 1996. Planet. Space Sci. 44, 65-70] ephemeris URA083 and those from the LA06 ephemeris in a paper by Arlot et al. [Arlot, J.-E., Lainey, V., Thuillot, W., 2006. Astron. Astrophys. 456, 1173-1179] are significantly more accurate than predictions generated by Christou [Christou, A.A., 2005. Icarus 178, 171-178] using the GUST86 ephemeris in the along-track component of motion. The observations indicate that Ariel, Umbriel and Titania are lagging behind their predicted positions for all of the ephemerides, but by varying distances and significance levels. Analysis of data recorded by Hidas et al. [Hidas, M.G., Christou, A.A., Brown, T.M., 2008. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 384, L38-L40] suggests a similar lag for Oberon. Photometry recorded during the ingress portion of a saturnian eclipse of Iapetus on 2007 May 5 indicates that the middle of the event occurred at geocentric UTC 02:14:58. At that moment the center of the satellite disk facing the Sun was intersected by a solar-centered ray refracted at a minimum altitude of 240 km above the 1-bar pressure level in the planet's atmosphere. The uncertainty in the timings due to observational scatter was only 5 s which equates to 16 km of Iapetus motion, but other factors increased the overall uncertainty to 111 km or 16 milli-arcseconds at the distance of Saturn from the Sun. The astrometric result is fit very well by the SPICE ephemeris SAT288.  相似文献   

Size and compositional constraints of Ganymede's metallic core for driving an active dynamo     

Jun Kimura  Takashi Nakagawa 《Icarus》2009,202(1):216-224

Ganymede has an intrinsic magnetic field which is generally considered to originate from a self-excited dynamo in the metallic core. Driving of the dynamo depends critically on the satellite's thermal state and internal structure. However, the inferred structure based on gravity data alone has a large uncertainty, and this makes the possibility of dynamo activity unclear; variations in core size and composition significantly change the heat capacity and alter the cooling history of the core. The main objectives of this study is to explore the structural conditions for a currently active dynamo in Ganymede using numerical simulations of the thermal history, and to evaluate under which conditions Ganymede can maintain the dynamo activity at present. We have investigated the satellite's thermal history using various core sizes and compositions satisfying the mean density and moment of inertia of Ganymede, and evaluate the temperature and heat flux at the core-mantle boundary (CMB). Based on the following two conditions, we evaluate the possibility of dynamo activity, thereby reducing the uncertainty of the previously inferred interior structure. The first condition is that the temperature at the CMB must exceed the melting point of a metallic core, and the second is that the heat flux through the CMB must exceed the adiabatic temperature gradient. The mantle temperature starts to increase because of the decay of long-lived radiogenic elements in the rocky mantle. After a few Gyr, radiogenic elements are exhausted and temperature starts to decrease. As the rocky mantle cools, the heat flux at the CMB steadily increases. If the temperature and heat flux at the CMB satisfy these conditions simultaneously, we consider the case as capable of driving a dynamo. Finally, we identify the Dynamo Regime, which is the specific range of internal structures capable of driving the dynamo, based on the results of simulations with various structures. If Ganymede's self-sustained magnetic field were maintained by thermal convection, the satellite's metallic core would be relatively large and, in comparison to other terrestrial-type planetary cores, strongly enriched in sulfur. The dynamo activity and the generation of the magnetic field of Ganymede should start from a much later stage, possibly close to the present.  相似文献   

Galileo in-situ dust measurements in Jupiter’s gossamer rings     

Harald Krüger  Douglas P. Hamilton  Eberhard Grün 《Icarus》2009,203(1):198-213

Galileo was the first artificial satellite to orbit Jupiter. During its late orbital mission the spacecraft made two passages through the giant planet’s gossamer ring system. The impact-ionization dust detector on board successfully recorded dust impacts during both ring passages and provided the first in-situ measurements from a dusty planetary ring. During the first passage—on 5 November 2002 while Galileo was approaching Jupiter—dust measurements were collected until a spacecraft anomaly at 2.33R_J (Jupiter radii) just 16 min after a close flyby of Amalthea put the spacecraft into a safing mode. The second ring passage on 21 September 2003 provided ring dust measurements down to about 2.5R_J and the Galileo spacecraft was destroyed shortly thereafter in a planned impact with Jupiter. In all, a few thousand dust impacts were counted with the instrument accumulators during both ring passages, but only a total of 110 complete data sets of dust impacts were transmitted to Earth. Detected particle sizes range from about 0.2 to 5 μm, extending the known size distribution by an order of magnitude towards smaller particles than previously derived from optical imaging [Showalter, M.R., de Pater, I., Verbanac, G., Hamilton, D.P., Burns, J.A., 2008. Icarus 195, 361-377; de Pater, I., Showalter, M.R., Macintosh, B., 2008. Icarus 195, 348-360]. The grain size distribution increases towards smaller particles and shows an excess of these tiny motes in the Amalthea gossamer ring compared to the Thebe ring. The size distribution for the Amalthea ring derived from our in-situ measurements for the small grains agrees very well with the one obtained from images for large grains. Our analysis shows that particles contributing most to the optical cross-section are about 5 μm in radius, in agreement with imaging results. The measurements indicate a large drop in particle flux immediately interior to Thebe’s orbit and some detected particles seem to be on highly-tilted orbits with inclinations up to 20°. Finally, the faint Thebe ring extension was detected out to at least 5R_J, indicating that grains attain higher eccentricities than previously thought. The drop interior to Thebe, the excess of submicron grains at Amalthea, and the faint ring extension indicate that grain dynamics is strongly influenced by electromagnetic forces. These findings can all be explained by a shadow resonance as detailed by Hamilton and Krüger [Hamilton, D.P., Krüger, H., 2008. Nature 453, 72-75].  相似文献   

Numerical simulations of asteroids modelled as gravitational aggregates with cohesion     

D.C. Richardson  P. Michel  K.W. Flynn 《Planetary and Space Science》2009,57(2):183-192

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Tidal dissipation in rotating fluid bodies: a simplified model     

Gordon I. Ogilvie 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2009,396(2):794-806

We study the tidal forcing, propagation and dissipation of linear inertial waves in a rotating fluid body. The intentionally simplified model involves a perfectly rigid core surrounded by a deep ocean consisting of a homogeneous incompressible fluid. Centrifugal effects are neglected, but the Coriolis force is considered in full, and dissipation occurs through viscous or frictional forces. The dissipation rate exhibits a complicated dependence on the tidal frequency and generally increases with the size of the core. In certain intervals of frequency, efficient dissipation is found to occur even for very small values of the coefficient of viscosity or friction. We discuss the results with reference to wave attractors, critical latitudes and other features of the propagation of inertial waves within the fluid, and comment on their relevance for tidal dissipation in planets and stars.  相似文献   

Second Erratum: Oblateness perturbations to fourth order     

《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2009,399(2):1088-1088

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