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La deriva de la mancha polar norte de Saturno observada por el telescopio espacial Hubble
Resumen
La mancha polar norte de Saturno exhibe un movimiento transitorio hacia el oeste y una deriva hacia el este a largo plazo. Esta deriva, medida con datos del Telescopio Espacial Hubble, es más rápida de lo observado anteriormente, lo que sugiere posibles incertidumbres en el período de rotación interna de Saturno.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Ciencias planetarias Ciencias planetarias.
- La astronomía es la astronomía.
- La dinámica de fluidos es la dinámica de fluidos.
Sus antecedentes:
- El hexágono polar de Saturno es un fenómeno atmosférico único.
- Comprender la dinámica de las manchas polares es crucial para el modelado atmosférico.
- Estudios previos utilizando datos de la Voyager proporcionaron conocimientos iniciales sobre la rotación de Saturno.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para analizar el movimiento de la mancha polar norte de Saturno.
- Para determinar la velocidad de deriva de la mancha en relación con la rotación del Sistema III de Saturno.
- Para comparar nuevas observaciones con datos históricos para identificar tendencias a largo plazo.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis de 50 imágenes de Saturno a 889 nm y 25 imágenes a 718 nm tomadas por el Telescopio Espacial Hubble (HST).
- Examen de 3 imágenes en cada longitud de onda de las observaciones del HST de junio de 1991.
- Determinación de las coordenadas planetocéntricas de la mancha polar norte en 31 imágenes adecuadas.
Principales resultados:
- La mancha polar norte mostró un movimiento a corto plazo hacia el oeste seguido de una deriva a largo plazo hacia el este.
- La velocidad de deriva hacia el este a largo plazo se midió en -0.060 ± 0.008 grados por día en relación con el Sistema III.
- La combinación de los datos de HST y Voyager durante una línea de base de 11 años arrojó una deriva hacia el este de -0.0569 grados por día.
Conclusiones:
- La deriva hacia el este observada es aproximadamente un 50% más rápida de lo que se había determinado previamente a partir de los datos de la Voyager.
- La deriva a largo plazo puede indicar incertidumbres en el valor estándar del período de rotación interna de Saturno.
- Los movimientos a corto plazo sugieren movimientos reales y transitorios de la mancha polar en relación con la rotación interior del planeta.
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