由于缺少近红外光谱反射,泰坦上没有海洋
R A West1, M E Brown, S V Salinas
1MS 169-237 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109, USA. Robert.A.West@jpl.nasa.gov
Nature
|August 5, 2005
概括
泰坦的厚厚的雾可能隐藏了表面的液体,但新的观测显示没有现有的液态甲或乙的证据. 相反,非常平坦的固体表面表明土星卫星上过去的液体活动.
科学领域:
- 行星科学 行星科学
- 天体生物学 天体生物学
- 大气化学 大气化学
背景情况:
- 土星的卫星泰坦拥有和碳化合物丰富的密集大气.
- 光化学反应会产生厚厚的雾,使泰坦的表面无法直接观察.
- 之前的模型表明,表面存在大量的液态甲/乙/.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查泰坦表面液体的存在.
- 为了使雷达观测与直接观测数据相协调.
- 了解塑造泰坦表面的地质过程.
主要方法:
- 使用近红外波长进行地面观测.
- 对光化学模型的分析.
- 解释基于地球的雷达回声数据.
主要成果:
- 没有发现当前表面液态甲,乙或的证据.
- 雷达观测显示了标志着非常平坦的表面的镜形标志.
- 这些发现表明地质过程涉及过去的液体活动.
结论:
- 泰坦表面有大量表面液体的存在,目前近红外观测并不支持.
- 推断出平坦的固体表面,可能是由曾经是液体的材料形成的.
- 泰坦的表面可能是由目前广泛存在的表面液体以外的其他过程形成的.
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