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Information about the composition of volatiles in the Martian atmosphere and interior derives from Viking spacecraft and ground-based measurements, and especially from measurements of volatiles trapped in Martian meteorites, which contain several distinct components. One volatile component, found in impact glass in some shergottites, gives the most precise measurement to date of the composition of Martian atmospheric Ar, Kr, and Xe, and also contains significant amounts of atmospheric nitrogen showing elevated 15N/14N. Compared to Viking analyses, the 36Ar/132Xe and 84Kr/132Xe elemental ratios are larger in shergottites, the 129Xe/132Xe ratio is similar, and the 40Ar/36Ar and 36Ar/38Ar ratios are smaller. The isotopic composition of atmospheric Kr is very similar to solar Kr, whereas the isotopes of atmospheric Xe have been strongly mass fractionated in favor of heavier isotopes. The nakhlites and ALH84001 contain an atmospheric component elementally fractionated relative to the recent atmospheric component observed in shergottites. Several Martian meteorites also contain one or more Martian interior components that do not show the mass fractionation observed in atmospheric noble gases and nitrogen. The D/H ratio in the atmosphere is strongly mass fractionated, but meteorites contain a distinct Martian interior hydrogen component. The isotopic composition of Martian atmospheric carbon and oxygen have not been precisely measured, but these elements in meteorites appear to show much less variation in isotopic composition, presumably in part because of buffering of the atmospheric component by larger condensed reservoirs. However, differences in the oxygen isotopic composition between meteorite silicate minerals (on the one hand) and water and carbonates indicate a lack of recycling of these volatiles through the interior. Many models have been presented to explain the observed isotopic fractionation in Martian atmospheric N, H, and noble gases in terms of partial loss of the planetary atmosphere, either very early in Martian history, or over extended geological time. The number of variables in these models is large, and we cannot be certain of their detailed applicability. Evolutionary data based on the radiogenic isotopes (i.e., 40Ar/36Ar, 129Xe/132Xe, and 136Xe/132Xe ratios) are potentially important, but meteorite data do not yet permit their use in detailed chronologies. The sources of Mars' original volatiles are not well defined. Some Martian components require a solar-like isotopic composition, whereas volatiles other than the noble gases (C, N, and H2O) may have been largely contributed by a carbonaceous (or cometary) veneer late in planet formation. Also, carbonaceous material may have been the source of moderate amounts of water early in Martian history. 相似文献
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R. Wieler 《Space Science Reviews》1998,85(1-2):303-314
Lunar soil and certain meteorites contain noble gases trapped from the solar wind at various times in the past. The progress
in the last decade to decipher these precious archives of solar history is reviewed. The samples appear to contain two solar
noble gas components with different isotopic composition. The solar wind component resides very close to grain surfaces and
its isotopic composition is identical to that of present-day solar wind. Experimental evidence seems by now overwhelming that
somewhat deeper inside the grains there exists a second, isotopically heavier component. To explain the origin of this component
remains a challenge, because it is much too abundant to be readily reconciled with the known present day flux of solar particles
with energies above those of the solar wind. The isotopic composition of solar wind noble gases may have changed slightly
over the past few Ga, but such a change is not firmly established. The upper limit of ~5% per Ga for a secular increase of
the 3He/4He ratio sets stringent limits on the amount of He that may have been brought from the solar interior to the surface
(cf. Bochsler, 1992). Relative abundances of He, Ne, and Ar in present-day solar wind are the same as the long term average
recorded in metallic Fe grains in meteorites within error limits of some 15-20%. Xe, and to a lesser extent Kr, are enriched
in the solar wind similar to elements with a first ionisation potential < 10 eV, although Kr and Xe have higher FIPs. This
can be explained if the ionisation time governs the FIP effect (Geiss and Bochsler, 1986).
This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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ARTEMIS Science Objectives 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
D. G. Sibeck V. Angelopoulos D. A. Brain G. T. Delory J. P. Eastwood W. M. Farrell R. E. Grimm J. S. Halekas H. Hasegawa P. Hellinger K. K. Khurana R. J. Lillis M. ?ieroset T.-D. Phan J. Raeder C. T. Russell D. Schriver J. A. Slavin P. M. Travnicek J. M. Weygand 《Space Science Reviews》2011,165(1-4):59-91
NASA??s two spacecraft ARTEMIS mission will address both heliospheric and planetary research questions, first while in orbit about the Earth with the Moon and subsequently while in orbit about the Moon. Heliospheric topics include the structure of the Earth??s magnetotail; reconnection, particle acceleration, and turbulence in the Earth??s magnetosphere, at the bow shock, and in the solar wind; and the formation and structure of the lunar wake. Planetary topics include the lunar exosphere and its relationship to the composition of the lunar surface, the effects of electric fields on dust in the exosphere, internal structure of the Moon, and the lunar crustal magnetic field. This paper describes the expected contributions of ARTEMIS to these baseline scientific objectives. 相似文献
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R. C. Wiens D. S. Burnett C. M. Hohenberg A. Meshik V. Heber A. Grimberg R. Wieler D. B. Reisenfeld 《Space Science Reviews》2007,130(1-4):161-171
The Genesis mission returned samples of solar wind to Earth in September 2004 for ground-based analyses of solar-wind composition,
particularly for isotope ratios. Substrates, consisting mostly of high-purity semiconductor materials, were exposed to the
solar wind at L1 from December 2001 to April 2004. In addition to a bulk sample of the solar wind, separate samples of coronal
hole (CH), interstream (IS), and coronal mass ejection material were obtained. Although many substrates were broken upon landing
due to the failure to deploy the parachute, a number of results have been obtained, and most of the primary science objectives
will likely be met. These objectives include He, Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe isotope ratios in the bulk solar wind and in different
solar-wind regimes, and 15N/14N and 18O/17O/16O to high precision. The greatest successes to date have been with the noble gases. Light noble gases from bulk solar wind
and separate solar-wind regime samples have now been analyzed. Helium results show clear evidence of isotopic fractionation
between CH and IS samples, consistent with simplistic Coulomb drag theory predictions of fractionation between the photosphere
and different solar-wind regimes, though fractionation by wave heating is also a possible explanation. Neon results from closed
system stepped etching of bulk metallic glass have revealed the nature of isotopic fractionation as a function of depth, which
in lunar samples have for years deceptively suggested the presence of an additional, energetic component in solar wind trapped
in lunar grains and meteorites. Isotope ratios of the heavy noble gases, nitrogen, and oxygen are in the process of being
measured. 相似文献
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Two fractionation models are applied to the problem of generating the widely distributed “Q-component” noble gases in meteorites
from the solar-like isotopic and elemental compositions that presumably characterized the early solar accretion disk. Noble
gas fractionation by mass-dependent dissipation of the solar nebula, as suggested by Ozima et al. (1998), is examined in the context of a model developed by Johnstone et al. (1998) for accretion disk photoevaporation driven by intense UV radiation from a neighboring giant star. Hydrodynamic escape
of heavier species entrained in hydrogen outflow from the UV-heated outer regions of the disk can generate substantial noble
gas fractionations, but they do not match the observed Q-component isotopic pattern and moreover require the physically unrealistic
assumption that the fractionated gases are confined to the heated disk boundary zone, without mixing with the interior nebula,
for long periods of time. It seems more likely that hydrodynamic outflow is actually established below this zone, in the body
of the disk. In this case fractionations are governed by Rayleigh distillation of the entire remaining nebula, and are negligible
at the time when disk erosion is halted by the gravitational potential of the young sun embedded in the disk.
A “local” model of noble gas fractionation by hydrodynamic blowoff of transient, methane-rich atmospheres outgassed from the
interiors of large primitive planetesimals (Pepin, 1991) is updated and assessed against current data. Degassed atmospheres
are assumed to contain isotopically solar noble gases except for an additional nucleogenic Xe component that contributes primarily
to the two heaviest isotopes; there is evidence that this same component is present at varying levels in other solar-system
volatile reservoirs, possibly reflecting a compositional change with time in the solar nebula. Single fixed values for the
two free parameters in the blowoff modeling equations can generate fractionated Xe, Kr, Ar and Ne compositions in the residual
atmosphere that closely match observed meteoritic isotopic distributions, and Q-gas elemental ratios are approximated by adsorption
of fractionated gases on planetesimal surface grains using plausible values of relative Henry Law constants. Additional requirements
for adsorption of sufficient absolute amounts of Q-gases on carrier grains, and their subsequent ejection to space, mixing
in the nebula, and dispersal into meteorite bodies, are examined in the context of current models for body sizes and dynamical
evolution in an early mass-rich asteroid belt (Chambers and Wetherill, 2001). Despite its ability to replicate isotopic compositions,
uncertainties about the environments in which the blowoff model can successfully operate suggest that there is, as yet, no
entirely satisfactory understanding of how the Q-component noble gases might have evolved from solar-like precursor compositions.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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A. Grimberg D. S. Burnett P. Bochsler H. Baur R. Wieler 《Space Science Reviews》2007,130(1-4):293-300
We discuss data of light noble gases from the solar wind implanted into a metallic glass target flown on the Genesis mission.
Helium and neon isotopic compositions of the bulk solar wind trapped in this target during 887 days of exposure to the solar
wind do not deviate significantly from the values in foils of the Apollo Solar Wind Composition experiments, which have been
exposed for hours to days. In general, the depth profile of the Ne isotopic composition is similar to those often found in
lunar soils, and essentially very well reproduced by ion-implantation modelling, adopting the measured velocity distribution
of solar particles during the Genesis exposure and assuming a uniform isotopic composition of solar wind neon. The results
confirm that contributions from high-energy particles to the solar wind fluence are negligible, which is consistent with in-situ
observations. This makes the enigmatic “SEP-Ne” component, apparently present in lunar grains at relatively large depth, obsolete.
20Ne/ 22Ne ratios in gas trapped very near the metallic glass surface are up to 10% higher than predicted by ion implantation simulations.
We attribute this superficially trapped gas to very low-speed, current-sheet-related solar wind, which has been fractionated
in the corona due to inefficient Coulomb drag. 相似文献
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The ARTEMIS Mission 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
V. Angelopoulos 《Space Science Reviews》2011,165(1-4):3-25
The Acceleration, Reconnection, Turbulence, and Electrodynamics of the Moon??s Interaction with the Sun (ARTEMIS) mission is a spin-off from NASA??s Medium-class Explorer (MIDEX) mission THEMIS, a five identical micro-satellite (hereafter termed ??probe??) constellation in high altitude Earth-orbit since 17 February 2007. By repositioning two of the five THEMIS probes (P1 and P2) in coordinated, lunar equatorial orbits, at distances of ??55?C65 R E geocentric (??1.1?C12 R L selenocentric), ARTEMIS will perform the first systematic, two-point observations of the distant magnetotail, the solar wind, and the lunar space and planetary environment. The primary heliophysics science objectives of the mission are to study from such unprecedented vantage points and inter-probe separations how particles are accelerated at reconnection sites and shocks, and how turbulence develops and evolves in Earth??s magnetotail and in the solar wind. Additionally, the mission will determine the structure, formation, refilling, and downstream evolution of the lunar wake and explore particle acceleration processes within it. ARTEMIS??s orbits and instrumentation will also address key lunar planetary science objectives: the evolution of lunar exospheric and sputtered ions, the origin of electric fields contributing to dust charging and circulation, the structure of the lunar interior as inferred by electromagnetic sounding, and the lunar surface properties as revealed by studies of crustal magnetism. ARTEMIS is synergistic with concurrent NASA missions LRO and LADEE and the anticipated deployment of the International Lunar Network. It is expected to be a key element in the NASA Heliophysics Great Observatory and to play an important role in international plans for lunar exploration. 相似文献
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In-flight Performance and Initial Results of Plasma Energy Angle and Composition Experiment (PACE) on SELENE (Kaguya) 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Yoshifumi Saito Shoichiro Yokota Kazushi Asamura Takaaki Tanaka Masaki N. Nishino Tadateru Yamamoto Yuta Terakawa Masaki Fujimoto Hiroshi Hasegawa Hajime Hayakawa Masafumi Hirahara Masahiro Hoshino Shinobu Machida Toshifumi Mukai Tsugunobu Nagai Tsutomu Nagatsuma Tomoko Nakagawa Masato Nakamura Koh-ichiro Oyama Eiichi Sagawa Susumu Sasaki Kanako Seki Iku Shinohara Toshio Terasawa Hideo Tsunakawa Hidetoshi Shibuya Masaki Matsushima Hisayoshi Shimizu Futoshi Takahashi 《Space Science Reviews》2010,154(1-4):265-303
MAP-PACE (MAgnetic field and Plasma experiment—Plasma energy Angle and Composition Experiment) on SELENE (Kaguya) has completed its ~1.5-year observation of low-energy charged particles around the Moon. MAP-PACE consists of 4 sensors: ESA (Electron Spectrum Analyzer)-S1, ESA-S2, IMA (Ion Mass Analyzer), and IEA (Ion Energy Analyzer). ESA-S1 and S2 measured the distribution function of low-energy electrons in the energy range 6 eV–9 keV and 9 eV–16 keV, respectively. IMA and IEA measured the distribution function of low-energy ions in the energy ranges 7 eV/q–28 keV/q and 7 eV/q–29 keV/q. All the sensors performed quite well as expected from the laboratory experiment carried out before launch. Since each sensor has a hemispherical field of view, two electron sensors and two ion sensors installed on the spacecraft panels opposite each other could cover the full 3-dimensional phase space of low-energy electrons and ions. One of the ion sensors IMA is an energy mass spectrometer. IMA measured mass-specific ion energy spectra that have never before been obtained at a 100 km altitude polar orbit around the Moon. The newly observed data show characteristic ion populations around the Moon. Besides the solar wind, MAP-PACE-IMA found four clearly distinguishable ion populations on the dayside of the Moon: (1) Solar wind protons backscattered at the lunar surface, (2) Solar wind protons reflected by magnetic anomalies on the lunar surface, (3) Reflected/backscattered protons picked-up by the solar wind, and (4) Ions originating from the lunar surface/lunar exosphere. 相似文献
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The Geology of Mercury: The View Prior to the MESSENGER Mission 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
James W. Head Clark R. Chapman Deborah L. Domingue S. Edward Hawkins III William E. McClintock Scott L. Murchie Louise M. Prockter Mark S. Robinson Robert G. Strom Thomas R. Watters 《Space Science Reviews》2007,131(1-4):41-84
Mariner 10 and Earth-based observations have revealed Mercury, the innermost of the terrestrial planetary bodies, to be an
exciting laboratory for the study of Solar System geological processes. Mercury is characterized by a lunar-like surface,
a global magnetic field, and an interior dominated by an iron core having a radius at least three-quarters of the radius of
the planet. The 45% of the surface imaged by Mariner 10 reveals some distinctive differences from the Moon, however, with
major contractional fault scarps and huge expanses of moderate-albedo Cayley-like smooth plains of uncertain origin. Our current
image coverage of Mercury is comparable to that of telescopic photographs of the Earth’s Moon prior to the launch of Sputnik
in 1957. We have no photographic images of one-half of the surface, the resolution of the images we do have is generally poor
(∼1 km), and as with many lunar telescopic photographs, much of the available surface of Mercury is distorted by foreshortening
due to viewing geometry, or poorly suited for geological analysis and impact-crater counting for age determinations because
of high-Sun illumination conditions. Currently available topographic information is also very limited. Nonetheless, Mercury
is a geological laboratory that represents (1) a planet where the presence of a huge iron core may be due to impact stripping
of the crust and upper mantle, or alternatively, where formation of a huge core may have resulted in a residual mantle and
crust of potentially unusual composition and structure; (2) a planet with an internal chemical and mechanical structure that
provides new insights into planetary thermal history and the relative roles of conduction and convection in planetary heat
loss; (3) a one-tectonic-plate planet where constraints on major interior processes can be deduced from the geology of the
global tectonic system; (4) a planet where volcanic resurfacing may not have played a significant role in planetary history
and internally generated volcanic resurfacing may have ceased at ∼3.8 Ga; (5) a planet where impact craters can be used to
disentangle the fundamental roles of gravity and mean impactor velocity in determining impact crater morphology and morphometry;
(6) an environment where global impact crater counts can test fundamental concepts of the distribution of impactor populations
in space and time; (7) an extreme environment in which highly radar-reflective polar deposits, much more extensive than those
on the Moon, can be better understood; (8) an extreme environment in which the basic processes of space weathering can be
further deduced; and (9) a potential end-member in terrestrial planetary body geological evolution in which the relationships
of internal and surface evolution can be clearly assessed from both a tectonic and volcanic point of view. In the half-century
since the launch of Sputnik, more than 30 spacecraft have been sent to the Moon, yet only now is a second spacecraft en route
to Mercury. The MESSENGER mission will address key questions about the geologic evolution of Mercury; the depth and breadth
of the MESSENGER data will permit the confident reconstruction of the geological history and thermal evolution of Mercury
using new imaging, topography, chemistry, mineralogy, gravity, magnetic, and environmental data. 相似文献
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Richard J. Allenby 《Space Science Reviews》1970,11(1):5-53
Summary Orbital science has, to the present, concentrated on studies of force fields, particles, and visible photography. Cameras have been the major scientific instrument (it could be debated that for geodesy and gravity the entire spacecraft represents an instrument), and geology has been the principle benefactor. Photography has also been essential for the manned landing program, which would not have been possible on the schedule followed without the detailed Lunar Orbiter pictures.Orbital tracking data indicates that the Moon is almost homogeneous with perhaps a slight increase in density with depth. Significant analysis of the higher gravity harmonics have identified localized, near surface gravity highs that appear to be associated with circular maria. The Moon does not have a significant magnetic field of its own, and the solar wind appears to impinge directly on the surface. Russian and United States evidence on micrometeorite fluxes near the Moon is conflicting, but probably there is a decrease in flux compared to that near the Earth.Photographic evidence indicates that both impact and volcanic action has shaped the lunar surface. Mass movements of surface material and surface erosional effects are clearly evident. Surface water in the past, or near surface permafrost now, are definite possibilities to explain the sinuous rills. Faulting, both regional and local, is evident, as is probably horizontal layering near the surface.The United States space program is embarking on a broad program of orbital science including nearly the entire spectra of remote sensing. Approved orbital missions extend through 1972 and will be carried out in conjunction with manned landings. Emphasis will be placed on determining the extent and degree of surface variations between and within lunar provinces and the nature and strength of the lunar spectrum. Information obtained from the surface missions and the returned lunar samples will be invaluable in helping us to design orbital instruments and interpret the results.Missions after 1972 undoubtedly will carry more sophisticated instruments that will give us definitive information on the geochemical nature of the lunar surface and interior.Copies of NASA-issued documents may be obtained by writing to the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. Information about, and data from, U.S. space missions, including photographs, can be obtained from the National Space Science Data Center, Code 601, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771. 相似文献
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Hideo Tsunakawa Hidetoshi Shibuya Futoshi Takahashi Hisayoshi Shimizu Masaki Matsushima Ayako Matsuoka Satoru Nakazawa Hisashi Otake Yuichi Iijima 《Space Science Reviews》2010,154(1-4):219-251
The magnetic field around the Moon has been successfully observed at a nominal altitude of ~100 km by the lunar magnetometer (LMAG) on the SELENE (Kaguya) spacecraft in a polar orbit since October 29, 2007. The LMAG mission has three main objectives: (1) mapping the magnetic anomaly of the Moon, (2) measuring the electromagnetic and plasma environment around the Moon and (3) estimating the electrical conductivity structure of the Moon. Here we review the instrumentation and calibration of LMAG and report the initial global mapping of the lunar magnetic anomaly at the nominal altitude. We have applied a new de-trending technique of the Bayesian procedure to multiple-orbit datasets observed in the tail lobe and in the lunar wake. Based on the nominal observation of 14 months, global maps of lunar magnetic anomalies are obtained with 95% coverage of the lunar surface. After altitude normalization and interpolation of the magnetic anomaly field by an inverse boundary value problem, we obtained full-coverage maps of the vector magnetic field at 100 km altitude and the radial component distribution on the surface. Relatively strong anomalies are identified in several basin-antipode regions and several near-basin and near-crater regions, while the youngest basin on the Moon, the Orientale basin, has no magnetic anomaly. These features well agree with characteristics of previous maps based on the Lunar Prospector observation. Relatively weak anomalies are distributed over most of the lunar surface. The surface radial-component distribution estimated from the inverse boundary value problem in the present study shows a good correlation with the radial component distribution at 30 km altitude by Lunar Prospector. Thus these weak anomalies over the lunar surface are not artifacts but likely to be originated from the lunar crustal magnetism, suggesting possible existence of an ancient global magnetic field such as a dynamo field of the early Moon. The possibility of the early lunar dynamo and the mechanism of magnetization acquisition will be investigated by a further study using the low-altitude data of the magnetic field by Kaguya. 相似文献
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Doris Breuer Steven A. Hauck II Monika Buske Martin Pauer Tilman Spohn 《Space Science Reviews》2007,132(2-4):229-260
The interior evolution of Mercury—the innermost planet in the solar system, with its exceptional high density—is poorly known.
Our current knowledge of Mercury is based on observations from Mariner 10’s three flybys. That knowledge includes the important
discoveries of a weak, active magnetic field and a system of lobate scarps that suggests limited radial contraction of the
planet during the last 4 billion years. We review existing models of Mercury’s interior evolution and further present new
2D and 3D convection models that consider both a strongly temperature-dependent viscosity and core cooling. These studies
provide a framework for understanding the basic characteristics of the planet’s internal evolution as well as the role of
the amount and distribution of radiogenic heat production, mantle viscosity, and sulfur content of the core have had on the
history of Mercury’s interior.
The existence of a dynamo-generated magnetic field suggests a growing inner core, as model calculations show that a thermally
driven dynamo for Mercury is unlikely. Thermal evolution models suggest a range of possible upper limits for the sulfur content
in the core. For large sulfur contents the model cores would be entirely fluid. The observation of limited planetary contraction
(∼1–2 km)—if confirmed by future missions—may provide a lower limit for the core sulfur content. For smaller sulfur contents,
the planetary contraction obtained after the end of the heavy bombardment due to inner core growth is larger than the observed
value. Due to the present poor knowledge of various parameters, for example, the mantle rheology, the thermal conductivity
of mantle and crust, and the amount and distribution of radiogenic heat production, it is not possible to constrain the core
sulfur content nor the present state of the mantle. Therefore, it is difficult to robustly predict whether or not the mantle
is conductive or in the convective regime. For instance, in the case of very inefficient planetary cooling—for example, as
a consequence of a strong thermal insulation by a low conductivity crust and a stiff Newtonian mantle rheology—the predicted
sulfur content can be as low as 1 wt% to match current estimates of planetary contraction, making deep mantle convection likely.
Efficient cooling—for example, caused by the growth of a crust strongly in enriched in radiogenic elements—requires more than
6.5 wt% S. These latter models also predict a transition from a convective to a conductive mantle during the planet’s history.
Data from future missions to Mercury will aid considerably our understanding of the evolution of its interior. 相似文献
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D. A. Paige M. C. Foote B. T. Greenhagen J. T. Schofield S. Calcutt A. R. Vasavada D. J. Preston F. W. Taylor C. C. Allen K. J. Snook B. M. Jakosky B. C. Murray L. A. Soderblom B. Jau S. Loring J. Bulharowski N. E. Bowles I. R. Thomas M. T. Sullivan C. Avis E. M. De Jong W. Hartford D. J. McCleese 《Space Science Reviews》2010,150(1-4):125-160
The Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment on NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will be the first instrument to systematically map the global thermal state of the Moon and its diurnal and seasonal variability. Diviner will measure reflected solar and emitted infrared radiation in nine spectral channels with wavelengths ranging from 0.3 to 400 microns. The resulting measurements will enable characterization of the lunar thermal environment, mapping surface properties such as thermal inertia, rock abundance and silicate mineralogy, and determination of the locations and temperatures of volatile cold traps in the lunar polar regions. 相似文献
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Observations and measurements in the solar wind, the Jovian atmosphere and the gases trapped in lunar surface material provide
the main evidence from which the isotopic composition of H, He and Ne in the Protosolar Cloud (PSC) is derived. These measurements
and observations are reviewed and the corrections are discussed that are needed for obtaining from them the PSC isotopic ratios.
The D/H, 3He/4He (D+3He)/H, 20Ne/22Ne and 21Ne/22Ne ratios adopted for the PSC are presented. Protosolar abundances provide the basis for the interpretation of isotopic ratios
measured in the various solar system objects. In this article we discuss constraints derived from the PSC abundances on solar
mixing, the origin of atmospheric neon, and the nature of the “SEP” component of neon trapped at the lunar surface. We also
discuss constraints on the galactic evolution provided by the isotopic abundances of H and He in the PSC.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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Leonard D. Jaffe 《Space Science Reviews》1969,9(4):491-616
Lunar flyby, orbiting, and landing spacecraft in the last ten years have provided an excellent definition of the nature of the lunar surface, and important information about the lunar interior. Some of the major controversies concerning the Moon appear now to be resolved.This work was sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the U.S.A. under contract NAS7-100. 相似文献
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Stratigraphy and Isotope Ages of Lunar Geologic Units: Chronological Standard for the Inner Solar System 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
The absolute ages of cratered surfaces in the inner solar system, including Mars, are derived by extrapolation from the impact flux curve for the Moon which has been calibrated on the basis of absolute ages of lunar samples. We reevaluate the lunar flux curve using isotope ages of lunar samples and the latest views on the lunar stratigraphy and the principles of relative and absolute age dating of geologic surface units of the Moon. The geological setting of the Apollo and Luna landing areas are described as far as they are relevant for this reevaluation. We derive the following best estimates for the ages of the multi-ring basins and their related ejecta blankets and present alternative ages for the basin events (in parentheses): 3.92 ± 0.03 Gyr (or 3.85 ± 0.05 Gyr) for Nectaris, 3.89 ± 0.02 Gyr (or 3.84 ± 0.04 Gyr) for Crisium, 3.89 ± 0.01 Gyr (or 3.87 ± 0.03 Gyr) for Serenitatis, and 3.85 ± 0.02 Gyr (or 3.77 ± 0.02 Gyr) for Imbrium. Our best estimates for the ages of the mare landing areas are: 3.80 ± 0.02 Gyr for Apollo 11 (old surface), 3.75 ± 0.01 Gyr for Apollo 17, 3.58 ± 0.01 Gyr for Apollo 11 (young surface), 3.41 ± 0.04 Gyr for Luna 16, 3.30 ± 0.02 Gyr for Apollo 15, 3.22 ± 0.02 Gyr for Luna 24, and 3.15 ± 0.04 Gyr for Apollo 12. The ages of Eratosthenian and Copernican craters remain: ~ 2.1 (?) Gyr (Autolycus), 800 ± 15 Myr (Copernicus), 109 ± 4 Myr (Tycho), 50.3 ± 0.8 (North Ray crater, Apollo 16), and 25.1 ± 1.2 (Cone crater, Apollo 14). When plotted against the crater densities of the relevant lunar surface units, these data result in a revised lunar impact flux curve which differs from the previously used flux curve in the following respects: (1) The ages of the stratigraphically most critical impact basins are notably younger, (2) the uncertainty of the calibration curve is decreased, especially in the age range from about 4.0 to 3.0 Gyr, (3) any curve for ages older than 3.95 Gyr (upper age limit of the Nectaris ejecta blanket) is abandoned because crater frequencies measured on such surface formations cannot be correlated with absolute ages obtained on lunar samples. Therefore, the impact flux curve for this pre-Nectarian time remains unknown. The new calibration curve for lunar crater retention ages less than about 3.9 Gyr provides an updated standard reference for the inner solar system bodies including Mars. 相似文献
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Alex N. Halliday 《Space Science Reviews》2000,92(1-2):355-370
Models for the mechanisms of accretion of the terrestrial planets are re-examined using the experimental technique of high-precision
isotope ratio mass spectrometry of tungsten (W). The decay of 182Hf to 182W (via 182Ta) provides a new kind of radiometric chronometer of planet formation processes. Hafnium and W, the parent and daughter trace
elements, are highly refractory; however, Hf is lithophile and strongly partitioned into the silicate portion of a planet,
whereas W is moderately siderophile and preferentially partitioned into a coexisting metallic phase. More than 90% of terrestrial
W has gone into the Earth's core during its formation. The residual silicate portion, the Earth's primitive mantle, has a
Hf/W ratio in the range 10−40, an order of magnitude higher than chondritic (∼1.3). Tungsten isotopic data for the Earth and
the Moon suggest that we can date a major event of planet formation: The Moon formed about 50 Myrs after the start of the
solar system, providing strong support for the Giant Impact Theory of lunar origin. Recent simulations of this event imply
that the Earth was probably only half formed at the time. From this we can deduce the planetary accretion rate. Tungsten isotope
data for Mars provide evidence of a much shorter accretion interval, perhaps as little as 10 Myrs, but the rates for the Earth
over the same time interval could have been comparable. The large W isotopic heterogeneities on Mars could only have been
produced within the first 30 Myrs of the solar system. Large-scale mixing, e.g. from convective overturn, as is thought to drive the Earth's plates, must be absent from Mars.
Limitations of the method such as 1) cosmogenic 182Ta effects on lunar samples, 2) incomplete mixing of debris to cause W isotope heterogeneity on the Moon, and 3) initial 182Hf/180Hf heterogeneities of the early solar system are critically discussed.
This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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Johannes Geiss is a world leader and foremost expert on measurements and interpretation of the composition of matter that
reveals the history, present state, and future of astronomical objects. With his Swiss team he was first to measure the composition
of the noble gases in the solar wind when in the late 1960s he flew the brilliant solar wind collecting foil experiments on
the five Apollo missions to the moon. Always at the forefront of the art of composition measurements, he with his colleagues
determined the isotopic and elemental composition of the solar wind using instruments characterized by innovative design that
have provided the most comprehensive record of the solar wind composition under all solar wind conditions at all helio-latitudes.
He discovered heavy interstellar pickup ions, from which the composition of the neutral gas of the Local Interstellar Cloud
is determined, and the “Inner Source” of pickup ions. Johannes Geiss played a key role both in the in-situ measurements and
modeling of molecular ions in comets, and the interpretation of these data. He and co-workers measured the composition of
plasmas in the magnetospheres of Earth and Jupiter. Here we highlight Johannes Geiss’ many discoveries and seminal contributions
to our knowledge of the composition of matter of the Sun, solar wind, interstellar gas, early universe, comets and magnetospheres. 相似文献
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Deborah L. Domingue Clark R. Chapman Rosemary M. Killen Thomas H. Zurbuchen Jason A. Gilbert Menelaos Sarantos Mehdi Benna James A. Slavin David Schriver Pavel M. Trávníček Thomas M. Orlando Ann L. Sprague David T. Blewett Jeffrey J. Gillis-Davis William C. Feldman David J. Lawrence George C. Ho Denton S. Ebel Larry R. Nittler Faith Vilas Carle M. Pieters Sean C. Solomon Catherine L. Johnson Reka M. Winslow Jörn Helbert Patrick N. Peplowski Shoshana Z. Weider Nelly Mouawad Noam R. Izenberg William E. McClintock 《Space Science Reviews》2014,181(1-4):121-214
Mercury’s regolith, derived from the crustal bedrock, has been altered by a set of space weathering processes. Before we can interpret crustal composition, it is necessary to understand the nature of these surface alterations. The processes that space weather the surface are the same as those that form Mercury’s exosphere (micrometeoroid flux and solar wind interactions) and are moderated by the local space environment and the presence of a global magnetic field. To comprehend how space weathering acts on Mercury’s regolith, an understanding is needed of how contributing processes act as an interactive system. As no direct information (e.g., from returned samples) is available about how the system of space weathering affects Mercury’s regolith, we use as a basis for comparison the current understanding of these same processes on lunar and asteroidal regoliths as well as laboratory simulations. These comparisons suggest that Mercury’s regolith is overturned more frequently (though the characteristic surface time for a grain is unknown even relative to the lunar case), more than an order of magnitude more melt and vapor per unit time and unit area is produced by impact processes than on the Moon (creating a higher glass content via grain coatings and agglutinates), the degree of surface irradiation is comparable to or greater than that on the Moon, and photon irradiation is up to an order of magnitude greater (creating amorphous grain rims, chemically reducing the upper layers of grains to produce nanometer-scale particles of metallic iron, and depleting surface grains in volatile elements and alkali metals). The processes that chemically reduce the surface and produce nanometer-scale particles on Mercury are suggested to be more effective than similar processes on the Moon. Estimated abundances of nanometer-scale particles can account for Mercury’s dark surface relative to that of the Moon without requiring macroscopic grains of opaque minerals. The presence of nanometer-scale particles may also account for Mercury’s relatively featureless visible–near-infrared reflectance spectra. Characteristics of material returned from asteroid 25143 Itokawa demonstrate that this nanometer-scale material need not be pure iron, raising the possibility that the nanometer-scale material on Mercury may have a composition different from iron metal [such as (Fe,Mg)S]. The expected depletion of volatiles and particularly alkali metals from solar-wind interaction processes are inconsistent with the detection of sodium, potassium, and sulfur within the regolith. One plausible explanation invokes a larger fine fraction (grain size <45 μm) and more radiation-damaged grains than in the lunar surface material to create a regolith that is a more efficient reservoir for these volatiles. By this view the volatile elements detected are present not only within the grain structures, but also as adsorbates within the regolith and deposits on the surfaces of the regolith grains. The comparisons with findings from the Moon and asteroids provide a basis for predicting how compositional modifications induced by space weathering have affected Mercury’s surface composition. 相似文献