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ベーナス・エクスプレス号のVIRTISが明らかにした金星のダイナミックな上層大気
P Drossart1, G Piccioni, J C Gérard
1LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, UPMC, Université Paris-Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon, France. pierre.drossart@obspm.fr
Nature
|November 30, 2007
まとめ
測定により,金星の上層大気圏 (90~120km) は,CO2とO2の排出ピークがはっきりしていることが明らかになった. このデータは,大気中のエネルギーと循環,特に酸素原子輸送に関連したO2排出を理解するのに役立ちます.
科学分野:
- 惑星科学は惑星科学である.
- 大気物理学 大気物理学
- エアロノミーはエアロノミーです.
背景:
- 金星の上層大気は,惑星の内部と宇宙の間の重要なエネルギー転送領域として機能します.
- 以前の研究では,光化学的およびダイナミックなプロセスが金星の上層大気構造を制御することを示しましたが,放射の高さは不明のままでした.
研究 の 目的:
- 分子放射を用いて金星の上層大気 (90~120km) のエネルギーと循環を調査する.
- 金星の上層大気中の二酸化炭素 (CO2) と酸素 (O2) の排出量の高さを正確に決定するために.
主な方法:
- 4.3マイクロメートル (90~120kmの高さ) で測定された昼間の非局所熱力学均衡CO2排出量.
- 測定された夜間O2排出量 (高度95〜100km).
主要な成果:
- 最大のCO2排出量は115kmほどで観測され,太陽のゼニット角度による変動を示しています.
- O2のピーク排出は96km ±1kmで発生した.
- O2の排出高さは,地球熱球循環経由で予測された酸素原子輸送と一致しています.
結論:
- この研究は,金星の上層大気中のCO2排出量の変動に関する以前のモデリングを裏付けている.
- O2の放出高さは,酸素原子を運ぶ太陽下から反太陽循環の仮説を支持する.
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