小惑星 (101955) ベヌの明るい炭酸静脈:水性変化の歴史への影響
H H Kaplan1,2, D S Lauretta3, A A Simon4
1NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA. hannah.kaplan@nasa.gov.
まとめ
小惑星ベヌ
科学分野:
- 惑星科学
- 天文地質学
- 太陽系 初期 の 進化
背景:
- 小惑星の組成と隕石のつながりは 太陽系の初期の地質を明らかにしています
- 近地小惑星ベヌは炭素系小惑星である.
- 炭酸性コンドライト隕石は水性変化の証拠を示している.
研究 の 目的:
- ベヌのナイトンゲイルクレーター領域のスペクトルデータを分析する
- ベンヌの岩石で観測された 輝く静脈の組成を調べるため
- 小惑星の初期の地質学的な過程を理解するために
主な方法:
- 小惑星ベヌのナイトゲイルクレーター領域のスペクトル分析.
- 表面の特徴を特定するために岩石のイメージング
- スペクトル吸収の特徴と視覚的特徴の解釈
主要な成果:
- ナイトンゲールクレーターで 3.4ミクロメートルの 独特の赤外線吸収機能が検出されました
- ベヌの岩石には 厚さ1センチメートルの 輝く静脈が見られました
- これらの静脈は,潜在的な炭酸塩の堆積物として解釈されます.
結論:
- 炭酸流体の存在は,ベンヌの親体の大規模な水熱変化を示唆しています.
- 流体流と堆積は,長い期間,キロメートルのスケールで発生しました.
- これは,太陽系初期における炭酸性小惑星の水熱変化を示しています.
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