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Johan De Keyser Donald L. Carpenter Fabien Darrouzet Dennis L. Gallagher Jiannan Tu 《Space Science Reviews》2009,145(1-2):7-53
Ground-based instruments and a number of space missions have contributed to our knowledge of the plasmasphere since its discovery half a century ago, but it is fair to say that many questions have remained unanswered. Recently, NASA’s Image and ESA’s Cluster probes have introduced new observational concepts, thereby providing a non-local view of the plasmasphere. Image carried an extreme ultraviolet imager producing global pictures of the plasmasphere. Its instrumentation also included a radio sounder for remotely sensing the spacecraft environment. The Cluster mission provides observations at four nearby points as the four-spacecraft configuration crosses the outer plasmasphere on every perigee pass, thereby giving an idea of field and plasma gradients and of electric current density. This paper starts with a historical overview of classical single-spacecraft data interpretation, discusses the non-local nature of the Image and Cluster measurements, and emphasizes the importance of the new data interpretation tools that have been developed to extract non-local information from these observations. The paper reviews these innovative techniques and highlights some of them to give an idea of the flavor of these methods. In doing so, it is shown how the non-local perspective opens new avenues for plasmaspheric research. 相似文献
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A. Milillo P. Wurz S. Orsini D. Delcourt E. Kallio R. M. KILLEN H. Lammer S. Massetti A. Mura S. Barabash G. Cremonese I. A. Daglis E. De Angelis A. M. Di Lellis S. Livi V. Mangano K. Torkar 《Space Science Reviews》2005,117(3-4):397-443
Mercury is a poorly known planet, since the only space-based information comes from the three fly-bys performed in 1974 by
the Mariner 10 spacecraft. Ground-based observations also provided some interesting results, but they are particularly difficult
to obtain due to the planet’s proximity to the Sun. Nevertheless, the fact that the planet’s orbit is so close to the Sun
makes Mercury a particularly interesting subject for extreme environmental conditions. Among a number of crucial scientific
topics to be addressed, Mercury’s exosphere, its interaction with the solar wind and its origin from the surface of the planet,
can provide important clues about planetary evolution. In fact, the Hermean exosphere is continuously eroded and refilled
by these interactions, so that it would be more proper to consider the Hermean environment as a single, unified system – surface-exosphere-magnetosphere.
These three parts are indeed strongly linked to each other. In recent years, the two missions scheduled to explore the iron
planet, the NASA MESSENGER mission (launched in March 2004) and the ESA cornerstone mission (jointly with JAXA) BepiColombo
(to be launched in 2012), have stimulated new interest in the many unresolved mysteries related to it. New ground-based observations,
made possible by new technologies, have been obtained, and new simulation studies have been performed. In this paper some
old as well as the very latest observations and studies related to the surface-exosphere-magnetosphere system are reviewed,
outlining the investigations achievable by the planned space-based observations. This review intends to support the studies,
in preparation of future data, and the definition of specific instrumentation. 相似文献
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A Coradini F. Capaccioni P. Drossart G. Arnold E. Ammannito F. Angrilli A. Barucci G. Bellucci J. Benkhoff G. Bianchini J. P. Bibring M. Blecka D. Bockelee-Morvan M. T. Capria R. Carlson U. Carsenty P. Cerroni L. Colangeli M. Combes M. Combi J. Crovisier M. C. Desanctis E. T. Encrenaz S. Erard C. Federico G. Filacchione U. Fink S. Fonti V. Formisano W. H. Ip R. Jaumann E. Kuehrt Y. Langevin G. Magni T. Mccord V. Mennella S. Mottola G. Neukum P. Palumbo G. Piccioni H. Rauer B. Saggin B. Schmitt D. Tiphene G. Tozzi 《Space Science Reviews》2007,128(1-4):529-559
The VIRTIS (Visual IR Thermal Imaging Spectrometer) experiment has been one of the most successful experiments built in Europe
for Planetary Exploration. VIRTIS, developed in cooperation among Italy, France and Germany, has been already selected as
a key experiment for 3 planetary missions: the ESA-Rosetta and Venus Express and NASA-Dawn. VIRTIS on board Rosetta and Venus
Express are already producing high quality data: as far as Rosetta is concerned, the Earth-Moon system has been successfully
observed during the Earth Swing-By manouver (March 2005) and furthermore, VIRTIS will collect data when Rosetta flies by Mars
in February 2007 at a distance of about 200 kilometres from the planet. Data from the Rosetta mission will result in a comparison
– using the same combination of sophisticated experiments – of targets that are poorly differentiated and are representative
of the composition of different environment of the primordial solar system. Comets and asteroids, in fact, are in close relationship
with the planetesimals, which formed from the solar nebula 4.6 billion years ago. The Rosetta mission payload is designed
to obtain this information combining in situ analysis of comet material, obtained by the small lander Philae, and by a long lasting and detailed remote sensing of the
comet, obtained by instrument on board the orbiting Spacecraft. The combination of remote sensing and in situ measurements will increase the scientific return of the mission. In fact, the “in situ” measurements will provide “ground-truth” for the remote sensing information, and, in turn, the locally collected data will
be interpreted in the appropriate context provided by the remote sensing investigation. VIRTIS is part of the scientific payload
of the Rosetta Orbiter and will detect and characterise the evolution of specific signatures – such as the typical spectral
bands of minerals and molecules – arising from surface components and from materials dispersed in the coma. The identification
of spectral features is a primary goal of the Rosetta mission as it will allow identification of the nature of the main constituent
of the comets. Moreover, the surface thermal evolution during comet approach to sun will be also studied. 相似文献
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Observations of the Earth’s magnetic field from low-Earth orbiting (LEO) satellites started very early on, more than 50 years ago. Continuous such observations, relying on more advanced technology and mission concepts, have however only been available since 1999. The unprecedented time-space coverage of this recent data set opened revolutionary new possibilities for monitoring, understanding and exploring the Earth’s magnetic field. In the near future, the three-satellite Swarm constellation concept to be launched by ESA, will not only ensure continuity of such measurements, but also provide enhanced possibilities to improve on our ability to characterize and understand the many sources that produce this field. In the present paper we review and discuss the advantages and drawbacks of the various LEO space magnetometry concepts that have been used so far, and report on the motivations that led to the latest Swarm constellation concept. We conclude with some considerations about future concepts that could possibly be implemented to ensure the much needed continuity of LEO space magnetometry, possibly with enhanced scientific return, by the time the Swarm mission ends. 相似文献
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Rosetta Ground Segment and Mission Operations 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
At the European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt (Germany) the activities for ground segment development and mission operations
preparation for Rosetta started in 1997. Many of the characteristics of this mission were new to ESOC and have therefore required
an early effort in identifying all the necessary facilities and functions. The ground segment required entirely new elements
to be developed, such as the large deep-space antenna built in New Norcia (Western Australia). The long duration of the journey
to the comet, of about 10 years, required an effort in the operations concept definition to reduce the cost of routine monitoring
and control. The new approaches adopted for the Rosetta mission include full transfer of on-board software maintenance responsibility
to the operations team, and the installation of a fully functioning spacecraft engineering model at ESOC, in support of testing
and troubleshooting activities in flight, but also for training of the operations staff. Special measures have also been taken
to minimise the ground contact with the spacecraft during cruise, to reduce cost, down to a typical frequency of one contact
per week. The problem of maintaining knowledge and expertise in the long flight to comet Churyumov–Gerasimenko is also a major
challenge for the Rosetta operations team, which has been tackled early in the mission preparation phase and evolved with
the first years of flight experience. 相似文献
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J. B. Dalton D. P. Cruikshank K. Stephan T. B. McCord A. Coustenis R. W. Carlson A. Coradini 《Space Science Reviews》2010,153(1-4):113-154
Much of our knowledge of planetary surface composition is derived from remote sensing over the ultraviolet through infrared wavelength ranges. Telescopic observations and, in the past few decades, spacecraft mission observations have led to the discovery of many surface materials, from rock-forming minerals to water ice to exotic volatiles and organic compounds. Identifying surface materials and mapping their distributions allows us to constrain interior processes such as cryovolcanism and aqueous geochemistry. The recent progress in understanding of icy satellite surface composition has been aided by the evolving capabilities of spacecraft missions, advances in detector technology, and laboratory studies of candidate surface compounds. Pioneers 10 and 11, Voyagers I and II, Galileo, Cassini and the New Horizons mission have all made significant contributions. Dalton (Space Sci. Rev., 2010, this issue) summarizes the major constituents found or inferred to exist on the surfaces of the icy satellites (cf. Table 1 from Dalton, Space Sci. Rev., 2010, this issue), and the spectral coverage and resolution of many of the spacecraft instruments that have revolutionized our understanding (cf. Table 2 from Dalton, Space Sci. Rev., 2010, this issue). While much has been gained from these missions, telescopic observations also continue to provide important constraints on surface compositions, especially for those bodies that have not yet been visited by spacecraft, such as Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs), trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), Centaurs, the classical planet Pluto and its moon, Charon. In this chapter, we will discuss the major satellites of the outer solar system, the materials believed to make up their surfaces, and the history of some of these discoveries. Formation scenarios and subsequent evolution will be described, with particular attention to the processes that drive surface chemistry and exchange with interiors. Major similarities and differences between the satellites are discussed, with an eye toward elucidating processes operating throughout the outer solar system. Finally we discuss the outermost satellites and other bodies, and summarize knowledge of their composition. Much of this review is likely to change in the near future with ongoing and planned outer planet missions, adding to the sense of excitement and discovery associated with our exploration of our planetary neighborhood. 相似文献
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K. J. Seidensticker D. Möhlmann I. Apathy W. Schmidt K. Thiel W. Arnold H.-H. Fischer M. Kretschmer D. Madlener A. Péter R. Trautner S. Schieke 《Space Science Reviews》2007,128(1-4):301-337
SESAME is an instrument complex built in international co-operation and carried by the Rosetta lander Philae intended to land
on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014. The main goals of this instrument suite are to measure mechanical and electrical
properties of the cometary surface and the shallow subsurface as well as of the particles emitted from the cometary surface.
Most of the sensors are mounted within the six soles of the landing gear feet in order to provide good contact with or proximity
to the cometary surface. The measuring principles, instrument designs, technical layout, operational concepts and the results
from the first in-flight measurements are described. We conclude with comments on the consequences of the last minute change
of the target comet and how to improve and to preserve the knowledge during the long-duration Rosetta mission. 相似文献
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D. J. McComas E. R. Christian N. A. Schwadron N. Fox J. Westlake F. Allegrini D. N. Baker D. Biesecker M. Bzowski G. Clark C. M. S. Cohen I. Cohen M. A. Dayeh R. Decker G. A. de Nolfo M. I. Desai R. W. Ebert H. A. Elliott H. Fahr P. C. Frisch H. O. Funsten S. A. Fuselier A. Galli A. B. Galvin J. Giacalone M. Gkioulidou F. Guo M. Horanyi P. Isenberg P. Janzen L. M. Kistler K. Korreck M. A. Kubiak H. Kucharek B. A. Larsen R. A. Leske N. Lugaz J. Luhmann W. Matthaeus D. Mitchell E. Moebius K. Ogasawara D. B. Reisenfeld J. D. Richardson C. T. Russell J. M. Sokół H. E. Spence R. Skoug Z. Sternovsky P. Swaczyna J. R. Szalay M. Tokumaru M. E. Wiedenbeck P. Wurz G. P. Zank E. J. Zirnstein 《Space Science Reviews》2018,214(8):116
The Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) is a revolutionary mission that simultaneously investigates two of the most important overarching issues in Heliophysics today: the acceleration of energetic particles and interaction of the solar wind with the local interstellar medium. While seemingly disparate, these are intimately coupled because particles accelerated in the inner heliosphere play critical roles in the outer heliospheric interaction. Selected by NASA in 2018, IMAP is planned to launch in 2024. The IMAP spacecraft is a simple sun-pointed spinner in orbit about the Sun-Earth L1 point. IMAP’s ten instruments provide a complete and synergistic set of observations to simultaneously dissect the particle injection and acceleration processes at 1 AU while remotely probing the global heliospheric interaction and its response to particle populations generated by these processes. In situ at 1 AU, IMAP provides detailed observations of solar wind electrons and ions; suprathermal, pickup, and energetic ions; and the interplanetary magnetic field. For the outer heliosphere interaction, IMAP provides advanced global observations of the remote plasma and energetic ions over a broad energy range via energetic neutral atom imaging, and precise observations of interstellar neutral atoms penetrating the heliosphere. Complementary observations of interstellar dust and the ultraviolet glow of interstellar neutrals further deepen the physical understanding from IMAP. IMAP also continuously broadcasts vital real-time space weather observations. Finally, IMAP engages the broader Heliophysics community through a variety of innovative opportunities. This paper summarizes the IMAP mission at the start of Phase A development. 相似文献
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Lori S. Glaze Colin F. Wilson Liudmila V. Zasova Masato Nakamura Sanjay Limaye 《Space Science Reviews》2018,214(5):89
Despite the tremendous progress that has been made since the publication of the Venus II book in 1997, many fundamental questions remain concerning Venus’ history, evolution and current geologic and atmospheric processes. The international science community has taken several approaches to prioritizing these questions, either through formal processes like the Planetary Decadal Survey in the United States and the Cosmic Vision in Europe, or informally through science definition teams utilized by Japan, Russia, and India. These questions are left to future investigators to address through a broad range of research approaches that include Earth-based observations, laboratory and modeling studies that are based on existing data, and new space flight missions. Many of the highest priority questions for Venus can be answered with new measurements acquired by orbiting or in situ missions that use current technologies, and several plausible implementation concepts have been studied and proposed for flight. However, observations needed to address some science questions pose substantial technological challenges, for example, long term survival on the surface of Venus and missions that require surface or controlled aerial mobility. Missions enabled by investments in these technologies will open the door to completely new ways of exploring Venus to provide unique insights into Venus’s past and the processes at work today. 相似文献
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《Space Science Reviews》2007,128(1-4):433-506
The Optical, Spectroscopic, and Infrared Remote Imaging System OSIRIS is the scientific camera system onboard the Rosetta
spacecraft (Figure 1). The advanced high performance imaging system will be pivotal for the success of the Rosetta mission.
OSIRIS will detect 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from a distance of more than 106 km, characterise the comet shape and volume, its rotational state and find a suitable landing spot for Philae, the Rosetta
lander. OSIRIS will observe the nucleus, its activity and surroundings down to a scale of ~2 cm px−1. The observations will begin well before the onset of cometary activity and will extend over months until the comet reaches
perihelion. During the rendezvous episode of the Rosetta mission, OSIRIS will provide key information about the nature of
cometary nuclei and reveal the physics of cometary activity that leads to the gas and dust coma.
OSIRIS comprises a high resolution Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) unit and a Wide Angle Camera (WAC) unit accompanied by three
electronics boxes. The NAC is designed to obtain high resolution images of the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
through 12 discrete filters over the wavelength range 250–1000 nm at an angular resolution of 18.6 μrad px−1. The WAC is optimised to provide images of the near-nucleus environment in 14 discrete filters at an angular resolution of
101 μrad px−1. The two units use identical shutter, filter wheel, front door, and detector systems. They are operated by a common Data
Processing Unit. The OSIRIS instrument has a total mass of 35 kg and is provided by institutes from six European countries. 相似文献
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D. Koschny V. Dhiri K. Wirth J. Zender R. Solaz R. Hoofs R. Laureijs T.-M Ho B. Davidsson G. Schwehm 《Space Science Reviews》2007,128(1-4):167-188
ESA’s Rosetta mission was launched in March 2004 and is on its way to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, where it is scheduled
to arrive in summer 2014. It comprises a payload of 12 scientific instruments and a Lander. All instruments are provided by
Principal Investigators, which are responsible for their operations.
As for most ESA science missions, the ground segment of the mission consists of a Mission Operations Centre (MOC) and a Science
Operations Centre (SOC). While the MOC is responsible for all spacecraft-related aspects and the final uplink of all command
timelines to the spacecraft, the scientific operations of the instruments and the collection of the data and ingestion into
the Planetary Science Archive are coordinated by the SOC. This paper focuses on the tasks of the SOC and in particular on
the methodology and constraints to convert the scientific goals of the Rosetta mission to operational timelines. 相似文献
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Kenneth P. Klaasen Brian Carcich Gemma Carcich Edwin J. Grayzeck Stephanie Mclaughlin 《Space Science Reviews》2005,117(1-2):335-372
A comprehensive observational sequence using the Deep Impact (DI) spacecraft instruments (consisting of cameras with two different
focal lengths and an infrared spectrometer) will yield data that will permit characterization of the nucleus and coma of comet
Tempel 1, both before and after impact by the DI Impactor. Within the constraints of the mission system, the planned data
return has been optimized. A subset of the most valuable data is planned for return in near-real time to ensure that the DI
mission success criteria will be met even if the spacecraft should not survive the comet’s closest approach. The remaining
prime science data will be played back during the first day after the closest approach. The flight data set will include approach
observations spanning the 60 days prior to encounter, pre-impact data to characterize the comet at high resolution just prior
to impact, photos from the Impactor as it plunges toward the nucleus surface (including resolutions exceeding 1 m), sub-second
time sampling of the impact event itself from the Flyby spacecraft, monitoring of the crater formation process and ejecta
outflow for over 10 min after impact, observations of the interior of the fully formed crater at spatial resolutions down
to a few meters, and high-phase lookback observations of the nucleus and coma for 60 h after closest approach. An inflight
calibration data set to accurately characterize the instruments’ performance is also planned. A ground data processing pipeline
is under development at Cornell University that will efficiently convert the raw flight data files into calibrated images
and spectral maps as well as produce validated archival data sets for delivery to NASA’s Planetary Data System within 6 months
after the Earth receipt for use by researchers world-wide. 相似文献
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Dust is an important constituent of cometary emission; its analysis is one of the major objectives of ESA’s Rosetta mission
to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (C–G). Several instruments aboard Rosetta are dedicated to studying various aspects of
dust in the cometary coma, all of which require a certain level of exposure to dust to achieve their goals. At the same time,
impacts of dust particles can constitute a hazard to the spacecraft. To conciliate the demands of dust collection instruments
and spacecraft safety, it is desirable to assess the dust environment in the coma even before the arrival of Rosetta. We describe
the present status of modelling the dust coma of 67P/C–G and predict the speed and flux of dust in the coma, the dust fluence
on a spacecraft along sample trajectories, and the radiation environment in the coma. The model will need to be refined when
more details of the coma are revealed by observations. An overview of astronomical observations of 67P/C–G is given, because
model parameters are derived from this data if possible. For quantities not yet measured for 67P/C–G, we use values obtained
for other comets, e.g. concerning the optical and compositional properties of the dust grains. One of the most important and
most controversial parameters is the dust mass distribution. We summarise the mass distribution functions derived from the
in-situ measurements at comet 1P/Halley in 1986. For 67P/C–G, constraining the mass distribution is currently only possible
by the analysis of astronomical images. We find that both the dust mass distribution and the time dependence of the dust production
rate of 67P/C–G are those of a fairly typical comet. 相似文献
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Leslie A. Young S. Alan Stern Harold A. Weaver Fran Bagenal Richard P. Binzel Bonnie Buratti Andrew F. Cheng Dale Cruikshank G. Randall Gladstone William M. Grundy David P. Hinson Mihaly Horanyi Donald E. Jennings Ivan R. Linscott David J. McComas William B. McKinnon Ralph McNutt Jeffery M. Moore Scott Murchie Catherine B. Olkin Carolyn C. Porco Harold Reitsema Dennis C. Reuter John R. Spencer David C. Slater Darrell Strobel Michael E. Summers G. Leonard Tyler 《Space Science Reviews》2008,140(1-4):93-127
The New Horizons spacecraft will achieve a wide range of measurement objectives at the Pluto system, including color and panchromatic maps, 1.25–2.50 micron spectral images for studying surface compositions, and measurements of Pluto’s atmosphere (temperatures, composition, hazes, and the escape rate). Additional measurement objectives include topography, surface temperatures, and the solar wind interaction. The fulfillment of these measurement objectives will broaden our understanding of the Pluto system, such as the origin of the Pluto system, the processes operating on the surface, the volatile transport cycle, and the energetics and chemistry of the atmosphere. The mission, payload, and strawman observing sequences have been designed to achieve the NASA-specified measurement objectives and maximize the science return. The planned observations at the Pluto system will extend our knowledge of other objects formed by giant impact (such as the Earth–moon), other objects formed in the outer solar system (such as comets and other icy dwarf planets), other bodies with surfaces in vapor-pressure equilibrium (such as Triton and Mars), and other bodies with N2:CH4 atmospheres (such as Titan, Triton, and the early Earth). 相似文献
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G. Randall Gladstone Steven C. Persyn John S. Eterno Brandon C. Walther David C. Slater Michael W. Davis Maarten H. Versteeg Kristian B. Persson Michael K. Young Gregory J. Dirks Anthony O. Sawka Jessica Tumlinson Henry Sykes John Beshears Cherie L. Rhoad James P. Cravens Gregory S. Winters Robert A. Klar Walter Lockhart Benjamin M. Piepgrass Thomas K. Greathouse Bradley J. Trantham Philip M. Wilcox Matthew W. Jackson Oswald H. W. Siegmund John V. Vallerga Rick Raffanti Adrian Martin J.-C. Gérard Denis C. Grodent Bertrand Bonfond Benoit Marquet François Denis 《Space Science Reviews》2017,213(1-4):447-473
The ultraviolet spectrograph instrument on the Juno mission (Juno-UVS) is a long-slit imaging spectrograph designed to observe and characterize Jupiter’s far-ultraviolet (FUV) auroral emissions. These observations will be coordinated and correlated with those from Juno’s other remote sensing instruments and used to place in situ measurements made by Juno’s particles and fields instruments into a global context, relating the local data with events occurring in more distant regions of Jupiter’s magnetosphere. Juno-UVS is based on a series of imaging FUV spectrographs currently in flight—the two Alice instruments on the Rosetta and New Horizons missions, and the Lyman Alpha Mapping Project on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission. However, Juno-UVS has several important modifications, including (1) a scan mirror (for targeting specific auroral features), (2) extensive shielding (for mitigation of electronics and data quality degradation by energetic particles), and (3) a cross delay line microchannel plate detector (for both faster photon counting and improved spatial resolution). This paper describes the science objectives, design, and initial performance of the Juno-UVS. 相似文献
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Deborah L. Domingue Patrick L. Koehn Rosemary M. Killen Ann L. Sprague Menelaos Sarantos Andrew F. Cheng Eric T. Bradley William E. McClintock 《Space Science Reviews》2007,131(1-4):161-186
The existence of a surface-bounded exosphere about Mercury was discovered through the Mariner 10 airglow and occultation experiments.
Most of what is currently known or understood about this very tenuous atmosphere, however, comes from ground-based telescopic
observations. It is likely that only a subset of the exospheric constituents have been identified, but their variable abundance
with location, time, and space weather events demonstrate that Mercury’s exosphere is part of a complex system involving the
planet’s surface, magnetosphere, and the surrounding space environment (the solar wind and interplanetary magnetic field).
This paper reviews the current hypotheses and supporting observations concerning the processes that form and support the exosphere.
The outstanding questions and issues regarding Mercury’s exosphere stem from our current lack of knowledge concerning the
surface composition, the magnetic field behavior within the local space environment, and the character of the local space
environment. 相似文献
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Bow Shock and Upstream Phenomena at Mars 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Mazelle C. Winterhalter D. Sauer K. Trotignon J.G. Acuña M.H. Baumgärtel K. Bertucci C. Brain D.A. Brecht S.H. Delva M. Dubinin E. Øieroset M. Slavin J. 《Space Science Reviews》2004,111(1-2):115-181
Mars Global Surveyor is the sixth spacecraft to return measurements of the Martian bow shock. The earlier missions were Mariner 4 (1964), Mars 2 and 3 (1972), Mars 5 (1975) and Phobos 2 (1989) (see reviews by Gringauz, 1981; Slavin and Holzer, 1982; Russell, 1985; Vaisberg, 1992a,b; Zakharov, 1992). Previous investigations of planetary bow shocks have established that their position, shape and jump conditions are functions of the upstream flow parameters and the nature of the solar wind — planet interaction (Spreiter and Stahara, 1980; Slavin et al., 1983; Russell, 1985). At Mars, however, the exact nature of the solar wind interaction was elusive due to the lack of low altitude plasma and magnetic field measurements (e.g., Axford, 1991). In fact our knowledge of the nature of the interaction of Mars with the solar wind was incomplete until the arrival of MGS and the acquisition of close-in magnetic field data (Acuña et al., 1998). As detailed by a series of review papers in this monograph, the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) mission has now shown that the Mars environment is very complex with strong, highly structured crustal magnetic remnants in the southern hemisphere, while the northern hemisphere experiences the direct impingement of solar wind plasma. This review paper first presents a survey of the observations on the Martian bow shock and the upstream phenomena in the light of results from all the missions to date. It also discusses the kinetic properties of the Martian bow shock compared to the predictions of simulations studies. Then it examines the current status of understanding of these phenomena, including the possible sources of upstream low-frequency waves and the interpretations of localized disturbances in the upstream solar wind around Mars. Finally, it briefly discusses the open issues and questions that require further study. 相似文献
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K. C. Hansen T. Bagdonat U. Motschmann C. Alexander M. R. Combi T. E. Cravens T. I. Gombosi Y.-D. Jia I. P. Robertson 《Space Science Reviews》2007,128(1-4):133-166
The plasma environment of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the Rosetta mission target comet, is explored over a range of heliocentric
distances throughout the mission: 3.25 AU (Rosetta instruments on), 2.7 AU (Lander down), 2.0 AU, and 1.3 AU (perihelion).
Because of the large range of gas production rates, we have used both a fluid-based magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) model as well
as a semi-kinetic hybrid particle model to study the plasma distribution. We describe the variation in plasma environs over
the mission as well as the differences between the two modeling approaches under different conditions. In addition, we present
results from a field aligned, two-stream transport electron model of the suprathermal electron flux when the comet is near
perihelion. 相似文献
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Kathrin Altwegg 《Space Science Reviews》2008,138(1-4):291-300
The ISSI workshop on “Origin and evolution of comet nuclei” had the goal to put together recent scientific findings concerning the “life” of a comet from the formation of the material in a dark molecular cloud to the accretion in the early solar system, from cometesimals to comet nuclei which were shaped and altered by cosmic rays, by radioisotopic heating, to their sublimation in the inner solar system. Astronomers, space researchers, modelers and laboratory experimentalists tried to draw the coherent picture. However, it became clear that there are still a lot of open questions, findings which seem to contradict each other, missing laboratory data, and experimental biases not taken into account. The Rosetta mission will make a big step forward in cometary science, but it will almost certainly not be able to resolve all questions. The main outcome of this workshop was the fact that comets are much more diverse than commonly thought and they are not only different from comet to comet but may consist of morphologically and chemically inhomogeneous cometesimals which may even have different places of origin. 相似文献