新地平线探测小柯伊伯带天体2014 MU69的初步结果
S A Stern1, H A Weaver2, J R Spencer3
1Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA. astern@boulder.swri.edu.
概括
新地平线航天器观测了柯伊伯带物体 (486958) 2014 MU69,揭示了一个平坦的双叶接触双星. 它的原始性质表明形成通过石云崩和合并.
科学领域:
- 星球科学
- 太阳系探索
- 柯伊伯带的物体
背景情况:
- 柯伊伯带是海王星之外的一个巨大的冰区域,
- 冰冷的古典柯伊伯带物体 (KBO) 是太阳系形成时保存得非常好的残余物体.
- 了解KBO为早期太阳系的组成和演变提供了洞察力.
研究的目的:
- 介绍新地平线航天器在KBO (486958) 2014 MU69的近距离飞行中的初步发现.
- 描述MU69的物理特性,表面特征和潜在来源.
- 调查一个冷酷的古典KBO的原始性质.
主要方法:
- 新地平线航天器的近距离成像和遥感观测.
- 分析高分辨率数据以确定MU69的形状,地质和光度.
- 对太阳系中小型天体的形成模型进行观测.
主要成果:
- MU69是一个直径约30公里的平坦双叶接触二进制星.
- 该物体表现出离散的地质单位和明显的白色异质性,但颜色或组成变化最小.
- 没有发现卫星,环,昏迷或太阳风相互作用的证据.
结论:
- MU69的形态和特性与两个叶片的低速度合并一致.
- 形成场景的石云崩随后的合并得到了观察的支持.
- MU69是太阳系早期积聚过程中保存完好的独特样本.
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