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Scattering And Absorption of Light in Planetary Regoliths
Published on: July 1, 2019
火星の南極の層状の堆積物の密度
Maria T Zuber1, Roger J Phillips, Jeffrey C Andrews-Hanna
1Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, USA. zuber@mit.edu
まとめ
火星の南極の層状堆積物の密度は,軌道データを用いて計算されました. 結果は,これらの火星の氷帽は主に水氷と少しの塵で,火星の水についての私たちの理解を洗練することを示唆しています.
科学分野:
- 惑星科学は惑星科学である.
- 地質物理学 地質物理学とは地質物理学です.
- 天体生物学 アストロバイオロジー
背景:
- 火星には,層層の堆積物からなる極地氷帽があります.
- これらの堆積物の組成を理解することは,惑星科学と天体生物学にとって極めて重要です.
研究 の 目的:
- 火星の南極の層状堆積物の密度を測定する.
- 火星の氷冠の組成と純度を推論する.
主な方法:
- 火星偵察軌道探査機 (MRO) の重力場データを組み合わせた.
- 火星軌道探査機のレーザー高度計 (MOLA) から統合された表面地形図.
- Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionospheric Sounding (MARSIS) からの基礎地形データを活用した. 地下とイオノスフィアの音響のための火星先進レーダー (MARSIS) からの基礎地形データを活用した.
主要な成果:
- 南極の層状堆積物について,最適の密度1220 kg/m3を計算した.
- この密度は,約15%の混合塵を含む水氷と一致しています.
- この発見は,堆積物が主に比較的清潔な水氷で構成されていることを示唆している.
結論:
- 南極の層状の堆積物は,比較的純粋な水氷でできている可能性が高い.
- この研究は,火星上の地表水の在庫の推定を洗練している.
- 火星の地質史と火星の潜在的居住可能性についての洞察を提供します.
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