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Simulation of the Planetary Interior Differentiation Processes in the Laboratory
Published on: November 15, 2013
太陽潮の検出による火星の流体核の大きさ
C F Yoder1, A S Konopliv, D N Yuan
1Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA. Charles.F.Yoder@jpl.nasa.gov
まとめ
火星 火星 火星 火星
科学分野:
- 惑星科学 惑星科学
- 地質物理学 地質物理学とは地質物理学です.
- 天文学 天文学
背景:
- 火星の内部構造を理解することは,その地質学的進化の鍵です.
- 以前のモデルでは,固い鉄の芯が示唆されていたが,新しいデータは,より洗練された洞察を提供している.
- 惑星の潮変形は,その核の組成に関する重要な手がかりを提供します.
研究 の 目的:
- 太陽の潮変形を用いて火星の核 (液体または固体) の状態を決定する.
- 火星核の半径の推定を精査するために.
- 季節的な氷冠質量変動とその重力ハーモニックへの影響を分析する.
主な方法:
- 火星グローバルサーベイヤー (MGS) の無線追跡データの分析.
- 潮変形を定量化するために,k2ポテンシャルラブナンバーの測定.
- 空気圧の季節的変動とJ3重力ハーモニックから氷冠の質量変化の引き算.
主要な成果:
- 観測されたk2ラブ数 (0.153 +/- 0.017) は,液体外核を示し,固体鉄核を排除しています.
- 推論された火星核半径は1520キロから1840キロメートルに及ぶ.
- 南極の氷冠の季節的な質量変化は,北極の氷冠より30~40%大きい.
結論:
- 火星は液体外核を有しており,その地動力学に大きな影響を与える.
- 推論された核の大きさは,惑星形成モデルにとって重要な制約となる.
- アシメトリックな氷冠のダイナミクスは,火星の季節的な重力場の変化に測定可能な役割を果たしています.
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