形成木星的行星体的低温起源
T Owen1, P Mahaffy, H B Niemann
1University of Hawaii, Institute for Astronomy, Honolulu 96822, USA. owen@ifa.hawaii.edu
Nature
|December 2, 1999
概括
巨行星形成模型受到新的发现的挑战. 木星上存在的高贵气体表明,行星体形成的温度低于以前认为的,影响行星形成理论.
科学领域:
- 行星科学 行星科学
- 天体化学是天体化学.
- 太阳系的形成太阳系的形成
背景情况:
- 巨行星表现出比太阳更丰富的重元素 ("金属").
- 目前的模型建议行星积累来解释这些丰富.
- 假设行星类类似于现代的奥尔特云彗星.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究形成条件的行星物质,这有助于巨行星的组成.
- 为了调和巨行星中预测和观察到的挥发性元素丰度之间的差异.
主要方法:
- 对木星大气中贵重气体 (,,) 丰度的分析.
- 观察到的丰度与来自太阳组成和形成模型的预测进行比较.
主要成果:
- 阿贡,和在木星大气中富含,与其他重元素类似.
- 这种丰富与基于彗星行星的高温形成的预测相矛盾.
结论:
- 木星的组成表明,它积累的行星体形成的温度低于当前巨行星形成模型预测的温度.
- 这意味着对外太阳系及其巨行星的形成场景进行修订.
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