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斯普特尼克的重定位意味着冥王星上有一个地下海洋
F Nimmo1, D P Hamilton2, W B McKinnon3
1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA.
Nature
|November 17, 2016
概括
冥王星的Sputnik Planitia盆地可能是一个撞击痕. 它的位置表明地表下有海洋,这可以解释它的重力异常,并允许长期存在的海洋,这对了解冥王星的地质至关重要.
科学领域:
- 星球科学
- 地质学
- 天体生物学
背景情况:
- 冥王星上的Sputnik Planitia是一个气覆盖的大盆地,
- 它目前的位置表明因潮和旋转力而重新定位.
- 盆地呈现负面地形,但需要正重力异常来重新定位.
研究的目的:
- 调查Sputnik Planitia的形成和当前状态.
- 确定盆地所观察到的重力异常和位置所需的条件.
- 评估潜在的地下海洋在冥王星地质演变中的作用.
主要方法:
- 分析引力异常和地形数据.
- 撞击盆地形成和行星重定向的建模.
- 评估地下海洋动力学和外特性.
主要成果:
- 在Sputnik Planitia的正重力异常被解释为外稀薄和海洋升起,假设撞击起源和地下海洋.
- 没有地表海洋, 一个难以置信的厚厚的层将需要解释引力异常.
- 坚固的导电冰层是维持长期存在的地下海洋及其相关升降所必需的.
结论:
- 地下海洋的存在是斯普特尼克行星特征的可能解释.
- 冥王星的地下海洋可能一直存在至今.
- 复杂的沉积,载荷和行星重定向之间的反可能影响了冥王星的地质历史.
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