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Un núcleo homogéneo para el cometa 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko desde su campo de gravedad
M Pätzold1, T Andert2, M Hahn1
1Rheinisches Institut für Umweltforschung an der Universität zu Köln, Abteilung Planetenforschung, 50931 Köln, Germany.
Nature
|February 5, 2016
Resumen
El cometa 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Área de la Ciencia:
- Ciencias planetarias
- Ciencia de los cometas
- La astrofísica
Sus antecedentes:
- Los núcleos de los cometas están compuestos principalmente de polvo y hielo de agua.
- Estudios anteriores indicaron baja densidad y alta porosidad, pero con incertidumbres significativas.
- La caracterización precisa de los núcleos cometarios es crucial para comprender la formación del sistema solar.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para determinar con precisión la masa, la densidad, la porosidad y la estructura interna del núcleo del cometa 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
- Para refinar nuestra comprensión de la composición cometaria y las propiedades internas.
- Investigar la homogeneidad y la presencia de huecos dentro del núcleo.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis de las perturbaciones de la velocidad de la nave espacial durante los sobrevuelos del cometa 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
- Cálculo del campo gravitatorio del núcleo y la masa puntual (GM).
- Integración de los datos gravitacionales con las estimaciones de volumen para obtener la densidad y la porosidad.
Principales resultados:
- Se determinó la masa exacta (M = (9,982 ± 3) × 10^9 kg) y el parámetro gravitacional (GM = 666,2 ± 0,2 m2/s2).
- La densidad media es de 533 ± 6 kg/m3, lo que indica un cuerpo de baja densidad y altamente poroso (72-74%).
- Se estima que la composición es aproximadamente cuatro veces más polvo que el hielo en masa y dos veces en volumen.
- Se infiere que el interior del núcleo es homogéneo y sin grandes huecos.
Conclusiones:
- El núcleo del cometa 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko es un cuerpo altamente poroso y de baja densidad con una composición rica en polvo.
- La estructura interna parece homogénea a escala global, lo que sugiere que la porosidad es una propiedad intrínseca del material.
- Estos hallazgos contribuyen a una mejor comprensión de los interiores cometarios y sus procesos de formación.
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