地球碰撞是近地小行星上新鲜表面的起源
Richard P Binzel1, Alessandro Morbidelli, Sihane Merouane
1Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. rpb@mit.edu
Nature
|January 22, 2010
概括
由于太空气候变化,小行星表面迅速变红. 然而,一些小行星呈现出不经天气影响的颜色,由接近行星的碰撞引起潮压力,并在50万年内暴露出新鲜的表面来解释.
科学领域:
- 行星科学 行星科学
- 小行星科学小行星科学
- 太空气候变化的影响
背景情况:
- 由于太空气候变化,小行星的颜色很少与石光谱相匹配,随着时间的推移,表面会变红.
- 观察到未经天气影响的小行星 (Q型),特别是那些轨道在地球和火星附近交叉的小行星.
- 以前关于未经气候影响的表面的理论包括碰撞和行星碰撞.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查未经天气影响的小行星表面的原因.
- 为了确定近距离的行星相遇是否解释Q型小行星的新鲜颜色.
- 为了解决小行星颜色和石光谱之间的差异.
主要方法:
- 对望远镜小行星颜色测量的分析.
- 小行星光谱数据与实验室石反射频谱的比较.
- 轨道分析以确定Q型小行星最近的近距离行星碰撞.
主要成果:
- 在过去的50万年里,Q型小行星经历了轨道交叉距离比地球到月球距离更近.
- 这些未经天气影响的小行星在没有最近近距离行星接触的小行星中并不存在.
- 证据支持行星碰撞是小行星的主导短期表面复苏过程.
结论:
- 来自近距离行星碰撞的潮压力是小行星重新浮出水面的最可能原因,暴露了未经气候变化的材料.
- 这个过程解释了Q型小行星的新鲜表面颜色.
- 这项研究解决了长期存在的小行星-石颜色差异难题.
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