利略探测器对木星的地球式无线电跟踪风力估计估计
1W. M. Folkner, R. A. Preston, J. S. Border, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA. J. Navarro, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro, NM, 87801 USA. W. E. Wilson and M. Oestreich, CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility, Epping, New South Wales, Australia.
概括
利略号探测器的探测器
科学领域:
- 行星科学 行星科学
- 大气动力学 大气动力学
- 无线电天文学 无线电天文学
背景情况:
- 利略探测器的设计是为了与其轨道器进行直接通信.
- 从地球探测到探测器的信号,由于极端的信号衰减,这是一项重大挑战.
研究的目的:
- 使用基于地球的无线电信号检测推导木星区域风速.
- 为了比较基于地球和基于轨道器的方法的风形状估计.
主要方法:
- 利用两个基于地球的无线电天文台来检测利略探测器的弱无线电信号.
- 分析信号频率以确定木星大气中的垂直风速概况.
- 将基于地球的风力估计与基于轨道器的多普勒测量进行比较.
主要成果:
- 利略探测器的无线电信号被地球天文台成功检测到,尽管它比它弱10亿倍.
- 从地球上的测量结果中,成功地得出了木星区域风速的垂直概况.
- 基于地球的风力估计显示,与基于轨道卫星的数据相比,对轨道错误的敏感性较小.
- 这两种方法都产生了质量上相似的风形状,表明所有采样深度的风速都很高.
结论:
- 基于地球的无线电天文台可以成功地检测和分析来自深空探测器的信号.
- 这种技术为测量其他行星大气动态提供了一种有价值的补充方法.
- 这些发现证实了木星大气层深度的高风速.
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