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Scattering And Absorption of Light in Planetary Regoliths
Published on: July 1, 2019
カッシーニのUVIS恒星探査機は,タイタンの大気の探査を行った
Donald E Shemansky1, A Ian F Stewart, Robert A West
1Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Southern California, University Park, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA. dons@hippolyta.usc.edu
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|May 14, 2005
まとめ
カッシーニのUVISはタイタンを測定した.
科学分野:
- 惑星科学は惑星科学である.
- 大気科学 大気科学
- 天体生物学 アストロバイオロジー
背景:
- タイタンの大気の組成と構造は,その進化を理解するための鍵です.
- 以前の研究は,上層大気圏の化学組成に関する限られたデータを提供していた.
研究 の 目的:
- 星の隠蔽データを用いてタイタンの上層大気の組成と温度構造を分析する.
- 様々な高さで存在する特定の炭化水素とニトリル種を特定し,定量化します.
主な方法:
- カッシーニの紫外線画像スペクトロメーター (UVIS) を利用し,タイタン号を飛行した.
- タイタンの大気を通過する2つの背景星からのフォトンの絶滅を観測した.
- 450キロから1600キロの高度をカバーするスペクトルデータから推定された大気特性を推測した.
主要な成果:
- メタン,アセチレン,エチレン,エタン,ダイアセチレン,シアン化水素の6種を特定し測定した.
- 最低温114Kで615kmの距離でメソパウスが検出されました.
- 大気の上部で151Kの非対称的運動温度を決定した.
- 重い炭化水素とシアン化水素は600~750km以下で急激に減少し,メタンは600km以下で優勢である.
結論:
- タイタンの上層大気は,メソパウズを持つ独特の層構造を示しています.
- メタンは,観測された上層大気圏の下層部に優位に存在する炭酸性分子である.
- 豊富なプロファイルは,タイタンの大気モデルのための重要なデータを提供します.
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