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エンケラドスの蒸気羽根にはナトリウムはありません
Nicholas M Schneider1, Matthew H Burger, Emily L Schaller
1Laboratory for Atmospheric & Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA. nick.schneider@lasp.colorado.edu
Nature
|June 26, 2009
まとめ
研究者たちは,土星の衛星エンケラドスからナトリウムを探した. 検出された低いレベルは,羽根が塩分のある海から発生しない可能性を示唆し,他のソースを可能にします.
科学分野:
- 惑星科学は惑星科学である.
- 天体生物学 アストロバイオロジー
- スペクトロスコーピーは,スペクトロスコーピーを用います.
背景:
- エンケラドスは水蒸気と氷の粒子の羽ばたきを示しており,内部に液体の源があることを示唆している.
- これらの羽根の起源として,潜在的に塩 (塩化ナトリウム) を含む地表の海に関する憶測が存在する.
研究 の 目的:
- 地上スペクトロスコーピーを用いてエンケラドスの羽根に存在するナトリウム原子の存在と豊富さを調査する.
- 観測されたナトリウム濃度が,塩の多い地下海洋が噴霧に燃料を与えているという仮説を支持するか否かを評価する.
主な方法:
- エンケラドスを対象に地上からスペクトル観測を行った.
- 原子ナトリウムのシグネチャーを探すためにスペクトルデータを分析した.
- 羽根の蒸気におけるナトリウムの混合比の上限を定量化した.
主要な成果:
- エンケラドスの蒸気羽根のナトリウム混合比の上限が確立され,塩分のある海で予想されるよりも大幅に低い.
- 塩分を含有する粒子の割合は少なかったことが判明しました.
- 低ナトリウム含有量は,地表の近くにある塩の海が地殻の裂け目を通ってゲイザーに直接供給しているという考えに異議を唱える.
結論:
- 観測された低ナトリウム量は,エンケラドスの地殻から噴出する浅い塩の海と矛盾しています.
- 深海,淡水貯水池,地下氷などのプラウムの代替源は,依然として妥当である.
- 現在のデータは,エンケラドスの噴火源に関する様々な提案された仮説を明確に区別するのに不十分である.
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