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火星的中度地面冰的分布来自新的撞击坑
Shane Byrne1, Colin M Dundas, Megan R Kennedy
1Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA. shane@lpl.arizona.edu
概括
新的撞击坑揭示了火星中度的地下水冰. 这一发现表明,火星可能拥有比以前建模的更多的冰,并有可能存在深层冰沉积物.
科学领域:
- 行星科学 行星科学
- 地质地质地质地质地质地
- 天体生物学 天体生物学
背景情况:
- 地下水冰是人类潜在探索和了解火星气候历史的关键资源.
- 之前的研究表明存在水冰,主要是在极地和浅水深处.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查火星中度的地下水冰的存在和可访问性.
- 为了确定由撞击坑挖掘的水冰沉积物的深度和分布.
主要方法:
- 分析来自火星轨道器的高分辨率图像,以确定新的撞击坑.
- 频谱分析 (近红外) 用于确定挖掘材料的组成.
- 热建模用于评估升华率和冰的纯度.
- 冰表深度与气候模型的比较.
主要成果:
- 在五个中度地点的新撞击坑暴露了与水冰相一致的明亮,光谱明显的物质.
- 在几个月内观察到露出冰的色,证实了升华.
- 热建模表明了毫米级的升华,表明干净,相对纯净的冰,而不是土壤孔内的冰.
- 来自冰表的深度与包含较高过去大气水蒸气含量的模型保持一致.
- 石坑可能入了数米深的冰层,这表明冰层具有显著的垂直异质性.
结论:
- 地下水冰在火星中度的十米深处存在,可以通过撞击坑进入.
- 观测到的冰相对较纯,其存在支持了过去大气中含水量较高的模型.
- 撞击坑提供了一种独特的方法,用于探测火星地下冰的深度,揭示了异质性.
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