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Tatsuaki Okada1,2, Tetsuya Fukuhara3, Satoshi Tanaka4,5,6
1Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara, Japan. okada@planeta.sci.isas.jaxa.jp.
Nature
|March 28, 2020
Resumen
El asteroide carbonoso Ryugu
Área de la Ciencia:
- Ciencias planetarias
- Investigación de asteroides
- Evolución del sistema solar
Sus antecedentes:
- Los asteroides carbonáceos (tipo C) son reliquias primitivas del Sistema Solar, cruciales para comprender la formación de los planetas.
- Sus propiedades físicas son poco conocidas debido a los desafíos de entrada atmosférica de los meteoroides.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar las propiedades físicas y la composición de la superficie del asteroide tipo C 162173 Ryugu.
- Para limitar la historia de la formación y la estructura interna de Ryugu.
Principales métodos:
- Imágenes termográficas globales de una sola rotación utilizando la cámara de imágenes infrarrojas térmicas (TIR) de la nave espacial Hayabusa2.
- Análisis de la inercia térmica derivada de los perfiles de temperatura de las rocas y las superficies circundantes.
- Imágenes térmicas de primer plano para examinar las características de la superficie y la roca.
Principales resultados:
- La superficie de Ryugu exhibe una baja inercia térmica (aprox. 300 TiU), lo que sugiere rocas y fragmentos porosos de más de 10 cm.
- La rugosidad de la superficie tiene un impacto significativo en los perfiles de temperatura diurna.
- Se observaron algunas rocas densas (inercia térmica > 600 tiu), potencialmente exógenas o de un núcleo consolidado.
Conclusiones:
- Ryugu es probablemente un montón de escombros formado por fragmentos de impacto con alta microporosidad (30-50%) y baja consolidación.
- La presencia de rocas porosas y densas indica una formación compleja y una historia evolutiva.
- Ryugu puede cerrar la brecha entre el polvo cósmico esponjoso y los cuerpos celestes densos.
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