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冥王星の初期のスプートニク・プラニシアの急速な形成
Douglas P Hamilton1, S A Stern2, J M Moore3
1University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA.
Nature
|December 2, 2016
まとめ
冥王星のスプートニク・プラニチアは 寒い極点での氷の蓄積と 潮のロックにより 冥王星の月ハロンの直後に形成されたと考えられます この安定した氷河は 何十億年もの間 徐々に減少していきました
科学分野:
- 惑星科学
- 地理学
- 天体物理学
背景:
- 冥王星のスプートニク・プラニシアは 極地の氷冠に似た 大きく明るい円形の特徴です
- その位置は,カロンと対照的に, 影響と潮のロックを含む複雑な形成の歴史を示唆しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 冥王星のSputnik Planitiaの形成と安定性を調査するために
- 独特の場所と特徴をもたらすプロセスをモデル化します.
主な方法:
- 冥王星の氷の蓄積と分布を コンピューターでモデル化しました
- 重力異常と潮ロック効果の分析
- 地質学的スケールでの惑星進化のシミュレーション
主要な成果:
- 軌道平均化により,冥王星で最も寒い地域 (30°N/S) で氷が自然に蓄積される.
- カロンの形成から100万年以内に 氷が極地層に集結します
- 氷の蓄積は重力の正の異常を生み出し 潮の力や地殻の沈みによって カーロン面に閉じ込められます
結論:
- スプートニク・プラニシアは 冥王星が誕生した直後に 形成されたと考えられます
- 氷山は数億年もの間 安定した位置に保たれていて 徐々に縮小しています
- チャロンとの潮鎖と自己誘発の盆地形成は,その長期的な安定性の鍵です.
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