最近の冥王星の大気の膨張です
J L Elliot1, A Ates, B A Babcock
1Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307, USA. jle@mit.edu
Nature
|July 11, 2003
まとめ
冥王星の恒星隠蔽観測により,その大気は1988年以来,崩壊の予想に反して膨張していることが明らかになりました. これらの発見は,冥王星の大気構造と太陽からの距離への反応に関する新しい洞察を提供します.
科学分野:
- 惑星科学は惑星科学である.
- 大気科学 大気科学
- 天文学 天文学
背景:
- 恒星隠蔽は,高解像度の大気プロフィールを提供します.
- 1988年に冥王星の大気の観測により,同熱構造または絶滅層が示唆され,冥王星が太陽から遠ざかるにつれてその安定性について疑問が生じていた.
研究 の 目的:
- 1988年以来,冥王星の大気の変化を調査する.
- 冥王星の大気が崩壊しているか,膨張しているのかを判断するためです.
- 隠蔽データを用いて冥王星の大気構造を分析する.
主な方法:
- 2002年8月に冥王星による恒星隠蔽の観測.
- 可視波長と赤外線波長におけるデータの取得.
- 隠蔽光の曲線を分析して,大気特性を推測する.
主要な成果:
- 冥王星の大気圏で絶滅の証拠が検出されました.
- 冥王星の大気は1988年から2002年の間に膨張しました.
- 観測された膨張は,大気崩壊の仮説に反する.
結論:
- 冥王星の大気はダイナミックで,大きな変化を経験しています.
- 膨張は,回復力または大気の行動を駆動する異なるメカニズムを示唆しています.
- 冥王星の大気進化を完全に理解するためには,さらなる研究が必要である.
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