A survey of meteor spectra and orbits: evidence for three populations of Na-free meteoroids     

J. Borovi?ka  P. Koten  P. Spurný  J. Bo?ek  R. Štork 《Icarus》2005,174(1):15-30

We present a survey of 97 spectra of mainly sporadic meteors in the magnitude range +3 to −1, corresponding to meteoroid sizes 1-10 mm. For the majority of the meteors, heliocentric orbits are known as well. We classified the spectra according to relative intensities of the lines of Mg, Na, and Fe. Theoretical intensities of these lines for a chondritic composition of the meteoroid and a wide range of excitation and ionization conditions were computed. We found that only a minority of the meteoroids show chondritic composition. Three distinct populations of Na-free meteoroids, each comprising ∼10% of sporadic meteoroids in the studied size range, were identified. The first population are meteoroids on asteroidal orbits containing only Fe lines in their spectra and possibly related to iron-nickel meteorites. The second population are meteoroids on orbits with small perihelia (q?0.2 AU), where Na was lost by thermal desorption. The third population of Na-free meteoroids resides on Halley type cometary orbits. This material was possibly formed by irradiation of cometary surfaces by cosmic rays in the Oort cloud. The composition of meteoroids on Halley type orbits is diverse, probably reflecting internal inhomogeneity of comets. On average, cometary dust has lower than chondritic Fe/Mg ratio. Surprisingly, iron meteoroids prevail among millimeter-sized meteoroids on typical Apollo-asteroid orbits. We have also found varying content of Na in the members of the Geminid meteoroid stream, suggesting that Geminid meteoroids were not released from their parent body at the same time.  相似文献   

Condensed species in Titan's stratosphere: Confirmation of crystalline cyanoacetylene (HC₃N) and evidence for crystalline acetylene (C₂H₂) on Titan     

R.K. Khanna 《Icarus》2005,178(1):165-170

Infrared spectra of crystalline HC₃N and C₂H₂ were investigated at several temperatures between 15 and 150 K. The characteristics of the 505 and 753 cm⁻¹ bands of HC₃N are in complete agreement with the emission spectral data on Titan obtained by the Voyager IRIS instrument, thus confirming the identification of crystalline HC₃N on Titan. A composite spectrum in the 720-800 cm⁻¹ region, with contributions from HC₃N and C₂H₂ in crystalline phases, reproduces the Voyager emission data in that region, thus providing a suggestion for the identification of crystalline C₂H₂ on Titan.  相似文献   

A sensitive search for SO₂ in the martian atmosphere: Implications for seepage and origin of methane     

Vladimir A. Krasnopolsky 《Icarus》2005,178(2):487-492

Mars was observed near the peak of the strongest SO₂ band at 1364-1373 cm⁻¹ with resolving power of 77,000 using the Texas Echelon Cross Echelle Spectrograph on the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility. The observation covered the Tharsis volcano region which may be preferable to search for SO₂. The spectrum shows absorption lines of three CO₂ isotopomers and three H₂O isotopomers. The water vapor abundance derived from the HDO lines assuming D/H = 5.5 times the terrestrial value is 12±1.0 pr. μm, in agreement with the simultaneous MGS/TES observations of 14 pr. μm at the latitudes (50° S to 10° N) of our observation. Summing of spectral intervals at the expected positions of sixteen SO₂ lines puts a 2σ upper limit on SO₂ of 1 ppb. SO₂ may be emitted into the martian atmosphere by seepage and is removed by three-body reactions with OH and O. The SO₂ lifetime, 2 years, is longer than the global mixing time 0.5 year, so SO₂ should be rather uniformly distributed across Mars. Seepage of SO₂ is less than 15,000 tons per year on Mars which is smaller than the volcanic production of SO₂ on the Earth by a factor of 700. Because CH₄/SO₂ is typically 10⁻⁴-10⁻³ in volcanic gases on the Earth, our results show seepage is unlikely to be the source of the recently discovered methane on Mars and therefore strengthen its biogenic origin.  相似文献   

Spectral study of the Eunomia asteroid family : I. Eunomia     

Andreas Nathues  Stefano Mottola  Gerhard Neukum 《Icarus》2005,175(2):452-463

We present color ratio curves of the S-Asteroid 15 Eunomia, which have been extracted from high-precision photometric lightcurves obtained in three different VNIR wavelength bands at the Bochum Telescope, La Silla. The measured color ratio curves and near infrared spectra were used to derive a detailed surface composition model whose shape has been computed by V-lightcurve inversions. According to this analysis, the asteroid shows on one hemisphere a higher concentration of pyroxene, which causes an increased 440/700 nm and a reduced 940/700 nm reflectance ratio as well as a pronounced 2-μm absorption band. The remaining surface shows a higher concentration of olivine, leading to a reduced 440/700 nm and slightly increased 940/700 nm color ratio. In addition, we found that the maximum of the 440/700 nm color ratio curve coincide with the minimum of the 940/700 nm color ratio curve and vice versa. We demonstrate on the basis of USGS laboratory spectra that this anti-cyclical behavior can be explained by choosing Fe-rich olivine and a pyroxene with moderate Fe content as varying mineral phases. Furthermore, our observations confirm that 15 Eunomia is an irregular elongated and at least partially differentiated body. Previous spectral investigations of several smaller fragments of the Eunomia asteroid family revealed that the amount of fragments showing an increased pyroxene content exceeds the amount of pyroxene-poor fragments (Nathues, 2000, DLR Forschungsbericht, ISSN 1434-8454). This finding together with the observation that the major fraction of Eunomia's surface is enriched in olivine let us claim that a large fraction of the original pyroxene-enriched crust layer has been lost due to a major collision that created the Eunomia asteroid family. Significant spectral evidences, consistent with high concentrations of metals have been found neither in the rotational resolved spectra of 15 Eunomia nor in its fragments. This led to the conclusion that either no core consisting mainly of metals exists or that an eventual one has not been unearthed by the impact.  相似文献   

Condensed species in Titan's atmosphere: Identification of crystalline propionitrile (C₂H₅CN, CH₃CH₂CN) based on laboratory infrared data     

R.K. Khanna 《Icarus》2005,177(1):116-121

We report the results of infrared studies of crystalline C₂H₅CN at several temperatures between 15 and 160 K. A case is made for the identification of crystalline C₂H₅CN in the stratosphere from the Voyager IRIS spectrum of Titan.  相似文献   

辽东地区水系样品中铬尖晶石特征     

周丽霞 《国土资源》1992,(2)

铬尖晶石以在风化过程中稳定性高,分布广等特征作为寻找金刚石的重要指示矿物已在找矿中取得了较满意的结果。根据普查找矿中的水系重砂样品所获取的大量铬尖晶石的分布特征、晶体形态、化学成分,以及辽宁已知金伯利岩中铬尖晶石的物理化学特征,将水系重砂中铬尖晶石与金伯利岩中铬尖晶石进行对比。研究表明,辽东北部、中部地区的铬尖晶石基本上不是来自有价值的金伯利岩,而南部地区的铬尖晶石许多是来自有价值的金伯利岩。  相似文献   

COMPARISON OF FOOD COMPOSITION OF CLUPEID FISHES IN THE BOHAI SEA     

李军  汪洪 《中国海洋湖沼学报》1992,(4)

Analysis of stomach contents of samples of clupeid fiishes (Japanese anchovy, half-fin anchovy, zunas' scaled sardine, rednosed glassnose and tapertail anchovy) collected from the catches of a 1982-1984 fishery resource survey showed they are zooplanktonivorous. Similar food groups, such as copepoda, Chaetognatha, Amphipoda and Mysidacea were found in the stomach. Dietary similarity coefficients were studied to evaluate the degree of similarity in the dietary species-pairs.Sea-sonal variation is discussed.  相似文献   

Anthropogenic Pressure on Structure and Composition of a Shola Forest in Kerala, India   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

U.M. Chandrashekara P.K. Muraleedharan V. Sibichan 《山地科学学报》2006,3(1):58-70

Introduction Tropical region is endowed with a vast tract of diverse vegetation (Gentry 1992). Among different types of forests, the montane forests, due to their unique features including rich biodiversity andprominent ecological services, have always attracted biologists, bio-geographers, ecologists and forest managers (Doumenge et al. 1995). In India, montane forests covering 7.9 % of total forest area occur in the Himalayan, northeastern and southern parts of the country (Lal 1989). In s…  相似文献   

Diversity, Distribution Pattern and Conservation Status of the Plants Used in Liver Diseases/Ailments in Indian Himalayan Region     

S.S. Samant Shreekar Pant 《山地科学学报》2006,3(1):28-47

Introduction The Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) is known for its unique, natural, representative biodiversity (Samant et al. 1998a). This biodiversity is being utilized by the inhabitants of the IHR in various forms, i.e., medicine, food (wild edibles), fuel, fodder, timber, making agricultural tools, fiber, religious and various other purposes (Samant and Dhar 1997, Samant et al. 1998b). In the remote areas of the IHR where primary health centers are located far from the villages, the in…  相似文献   

SIUDIES ON THE BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION,ENERGETICS AND ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS OF THREE MUDSKIPPERS IN XIAMEN HARBOUR     

王军  苏永全 《中国海洋湖沼学报》1995,13(4):374-379

Measurements were made on the contents of protein,lipid,glycogen(PLG)and water,and on caloric values and amino acids,in muscle of three mudskippers periophthalmus cantonensis,Scarteiaosviridis and Boleophthalmus pectinirostris collected from Haicang,Xiamen.The essential amino acids(EAA)for these fishes were also studied with radioisotopic trace method.The results showed:(1)Thecontent of each component in tested fish muscles differed slightly,and protein was the most importantcomponent making up from 6.685% to 9.891% of the wet weight (about 44.21%-50.45% of dryweight);(2)Energy calculated from the sum of protein, lipid and glycogen in wet muscle was low (<4.3kJ/g) in these Fishes, especially in B. pectinirostris(<3.1 kJ/g), the ratios of energy to protein content (E/P) also were low(<39.873-45.535kJ/g), (3)Seventeen amino acids were determined in thesethree fishes.The content of the same amino acid(among the seventeen) tested in different species andsexes varied slightly.The amounts of methionine, phenyl  相似文献