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A. Galli P. Wurz S. Barabash A. Grigoriev H. Gunell R. Lundin M. Holmström A. Fedorov 《Space Science Reviews》2006,126(1-4):267-297
We present measurements of energetic hydrogen and oxygen atoms (ENAs) on the nightside of Mars detected by the neutral particle
detector (NPD) of ASPERA-3 on Mars Express. We focus on the observations for which the field-of-view of NPD was directed at
the nightside of Mars or at the region around the limb, thus monitoring the flow of ENAs towards the nightside of the planet.
We derive energy spectra and total fluxes, and have compiled maps of hydrogen ENA outflow. The hydrogen ENA intensities reach
105 cm−2 sr−1 s−1, but no oxygen ENA signals above the detection threshold of 104 cm−2 sr−1 s−1 are observed. These intensities are considerably lower than most theoretical predictions. We explain the discrepancy as due
to an overestimation of the charge-exchange processes in the models for which too high an exospheric density was assumed.
Recent UV limb emission measurements (Galli et al., this issue) point to a hydrogen exobase density of 1010 m−3 and a very hot hydrogen component, whereas the models were based on a hydrogen exobase density of 1012 m−3 and a temperature of 200 K predicted by Krasnopolsky and Gladstone (1996). Finally, we estimate the global atmospheric loss
rate of hydrogen and oxygen due to the production of ENAs. 相似文献
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《中国航空学报》2023,36(3):42-62
Bypass Dual Throat Nozzle (BDTN) is a novel type of fluidic thrust vectoring nozzle. To improve the infrared stealth performance of BDTN, a nozzle based on BDTN is proposed and numerically simulated. Each cross-section along the x-axis of the novel nozzle becomes a trapezoid, which is named “BDTN-TRA.” The main numerical simulation results show that BDTN-TRA can produce a thrust vectoring angle when the upper or lower bypass valve is open. The angle difference between the two conditions mentioned above is usually approximately 1°–2°. Even if the two bypasses are closed, BDTN-TRA can produce a small thrust vectoring angle at around 3°–5°. When the sidewall angle increases from 60° to 90°, the thrust coefficient and thrust vectoring angle under each work condition usually decrease. A larger aspect ratio indicates better performance. As the aspect ratio increases over 7.2, the performance of BDTN-TRA is quite close to that of BDTN with rectangular cross-sections at the same aspect ratio. These features will benefit the control and trimming for future aircraft design, especially for the flying wing layout aircraft. Last but not least, BDTN-TRA has a more extraordinary mixing performance compared with BDTN. The distributions of static temperature and axial velocity along the x-axis of BDTN-TRA with sidewall angle of 60° decrease faster than those of BDTN. When the total temperature of the inlet equals 1600 K, the static temperature difference between BDTN-TRA with sidewall angles of 60° and 90° is over 360 K at twice the length of the nozzle downstream of the nozzle exit, which is the reflection for excellent infrared stealth for the fighter. 相似文献
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Vasconcelos Maria Jaqueline Jatenco-Pereira Vera Opher Reuven 《Space Science Reviews》2003,107(1-2):383-386
In this work we examine the damping of Alfvén waves as a source of plasma heating in disks and magnetic funnels of young solar
like stars, the T Tauri stars. We apply four different damping mechanisms in this study: viscous-resistive, collisional, nonlinear
and turbulent, exploring a wide range of wave frequencies, from 10−5Ωi to 10−1Ωi (where Ωi is the ion-cyclotron frequency). The results show that Alfvénic heating can increase the ionization rate of accretion disks
and elevate the temperature of magnetic funnels of T Tauri stars opening possibilities to explain some observational features
of these objects.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
4.
Satellite-Satellite Laser Links for Future Gravity Missions 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
A strong candidate for use in future missions to map time variations in the Earth's gravity field is laser heterodyne measurements
between separate spacecraft. At the shortest wavelengths that can be measured in space, the main accuracy limitation for variations
in the potential with latitude is expected to be the frequency stability of the laser. Thus the development of simple and
reliable space-qualified lasers with high frequency stability appears to be an important goal for the near future.
In the last few years, quite high stability has been achieved by locking the second harmonic of a Nd:YAG laser to a resonant
absorption line of iodine molecules in an absorption cell. Such a laser system can be made quite robust, and temperature related
frequency shifts can be controlled at a low value. Recent results from laboratory systems are described. The Allan standard
deviation for the beat between two such lasers was 2 × 10−14 at 10 s, and reached 7 × 10−15 at 600 s.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
5.
L. Colangeli J. J. Lopez-Moreno P. Palumbo J. Rodriguez M. Cosi V. Della Corte F. Esposito M. Fulle M. Herranz J. M. Jeronimo A. Lopez-Jimenez E. Mazzotta Epifani R. Morales F. Moreno E. Palomba A. Rotundi 《Space Science Reviews》2007,128(1-4):803-821
The Grain Impact Analyser and Dust Accumulator (GIADA) onboard the ROSETTA mission to comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko is devoted
to study the cometary dust environment. Thanks to the rendezvous configuration of the mission, GIADA will be plunged in the
dust environment of the coma and will be able to explore dust flux evolution and grain dynamic properties with position and
time. This will represent a unique opportunity to perform measurements on key parameters that no ground-based observation
or fly-by mission is able to obtain and that no tail or coma model elaborated so far has been able to properly simulate. The
coma and nucleus properties shall be, then, clarified with consequent improvement of models describing inner and outer coma
evolution, but also of models about nucleus emission during different phases of its evolution. GIADA shall be capable to measure
mass/size of single particles larger than about 15 μm together with momentum in the range 6.5 × 10−10 ÷ 4.0 × 10−4 kg m s−1 for velocities up to about 300 m s−1. For micron/submicron particles the cumulative mass shall be detected with sensitivity 10−10 g. These performances are suitable to provide a statistically relevant set of data about dust physical and dynamic properties
in the dust environment expected for the target comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Pre-flight measurements and post-launch checkouts
demonstrate that GIADA is behaving as expected according to the design specifications.
The International GIADA Consortium (I, E, UK, F, D, USA). 相似文献
6.
A. Ohmura 《Space Science Reviews》2006,125(1-4):111-128
The variation of global radiation (sum of direct solar and diffuse sky radiation) at the Earth’s surface is examined based
on pyranometer measurements at about 400~sites. The period of the study covers in general the last 50 years. For Europe the
study is extended to the beginning of observations in the 1920s and 1930s. Global radiation generally increased in Europe
from the 1920s to the 1950s. After the late 1950s and early 1960s global radiation began to decrease in most areas of the
world at a mean rate of 0.7 Wm−2a−1 until 1980s, thereafter 75%; of the stations showed a recovery at a mean rate of 0.7 Wm−2a−1. All stations in the Polar region, which are far from aerosol sources, also show this pattern of change. At the remaining
25% of the stations the decrease has continued to present. These regions are a part of China, most of India, and Central Africa.
Both during the declining and recovering phases global radiation observed under the cloudless condition also followed the
same tendency, indicating the simultaneous and parallel changes of aerosol and cloud conditions. Long-term observations of
total zenith transmittance of the atmosphere indicate a decrease in transmittance to the mid 1980s and an increase after this
period. Since the brighter and darker periods correspond to relatively warmer and colder periods, the present study offers
the possibility to quantitatively evaluate the mutual relationships between the solar irradiance, atmospheric transmittance,
cloud conditions and air temperature. 相似文献
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David N. Burrows J. E. Hill J. A. Nousek J. A. Kennea A. Wells J. P. Osborne A. F. Abbey A. Beardmore K. Mukerjee A. D. T. Short G. Chincarini S. Campana O. Citterio A. Moretti C. Pagani G. Tagliaferri P. Giommi M. Capalbi F. Tamburelli L. Angelini G. Cusumano H. W. Bräuninger W. Burkert G. D. Hartner 《Space Science Reviews》2005,120(3-4):165-195
he Swift Gamma-Ray Explorer is designed to make prompt multiwavelength observations of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and GRB afterglows.
The X-ray telescope (XRT) enables Swift to determine GRB positions with a few arcseconds accuracy within 100 s of the burst onset.
The XRT utilizes a mirror set built for JET-X and an XMM-Newton/EPIC MOS CCD detector to provide a sensitive broad-band (0.2–10 keV) X-ray imager with effective area of > 120 cm2 at 1.5 keV, field of view of 23.6 × 23.6 arcminutes, and angular resolution of 18 arcseconds (HPD). The detection sensitivity
is 2×10−14 erg cm−2 s−1 in 104 s. The instrument is designed to provide automated source detection and position reporting within 5 s of target acquisition.
It can also measure the redshifts of GRBs with Fe line emission or other spectral features. The XRT operates in an auto-exposure
mode, adjusting the CCD readout mode automatically to optimize the science return for each frame as the source intensity fades.
The XRT will measure spectra and lightcurves of the GRB afterglow beginning about a minute after the burst and will follow
each burst for days or weeks.
Dedicated to David J. Watson, in memory of his valuable contributions to this instrument. 相似文献
8.
Clusters of galaxies are self-gravitating systems of mass ∼1014–1015
h
−1 M⊙ and size ∼1–3h
−1 Mpc. Their mass budget consists of dark matter (∼80%, on average), hot diffuse intracluster plasma (≲20%) and a small fraction
of stars, dust, and cold gas, mostly locked in galaxies. In most clusters, scaling relations between their properties, like
mass, galaxy velocity dispersion, X-ray luminosity and temperature, testify that the cluster components are in approximate
dynamical equilibrium within the cluster gravitational potential well. However, spatially inhomogeneous thermal and non-thermal
emission of the intracluster medium (ICM), observed in some clusters in the X-ray and radio bands, and the kinematic and morphological
segregation of galaxies are a signature of non-gravitational processes, ongoing cluster merging and interactions. Both the
fraction of clusters with these features, and the correlation between the dynamical and morphological properties of irregular
clusters and the surrounding large-scale structure increase with redshift.
In the current bottom-up scenario for the formation of cosmic structure, where tiny fluctuations of the otherwise homogeneous
primordial density field are amplified by gravity, clusters are the most massive nodes of the filamentary large-scale structure
of the cosmic web and form by anisotropic and episodic accretion of mass, in agreement with most of the observational evidence.
In this model of the universe dominated by cold dark matter, at the present time most baryons are expected to be in a diffuse
component rather than in stars and galaxies; moreover, ∼50% of this diffuse component has temperature ∼0.01–1 keV and permeates
the filamentary distribution of the dark matter. The temperature of this Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium (WHIM) increases with
the local density and its search in the outer regions of clusters and lower density regions has been the quest of much recent
observational effort.
Over the last thirty years, an impressive coherent picture of the formation and evolution of cosmic structures has emerged
from the intense interplay between observations, theory and numerical experiments. Future efforts will continue to test whether
this picture keeps being valid, needs corrections or suffers dramatic failures in its predictive power. 相似文献
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Alain Abergel Laurent Verstraete Christine Joblin René Laureijs Marc-Antoine Miville-Deschênes 《Space Science Reviews》2005,119(1-4):247-271
Infrared spectroscopy and photometry with ISO covering most of the emission range of the interstellar medium has led to important
progress in the understanding of the physics and chemistry of the gas, the nature and evolution of the dust grains and also
the coupling between the gas and the grains. We review here the ISO results on the cool and low-excitation regions of the
interstellar medium, where T
gas≲ 500 K, n
H∼ 100–105 cm−3 and the electron density is a few 10−4.
JEL codes: D24, L60, 047
Based on observations with ISO, an ESA project with instruments funded by ESA Member States (especially the PI countries:
France, Germany, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom), and with the participation of ISAS and NASA. 相似文献
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Scott D. Barthelmy Louis M. Barbier Jay R. Cummings Ed E. Fenimore Neil Gehrels Derek Hullinger Hans A. Krimm Craig B. Markwardt David M. Palmer Ann Parsons Goro Sato Masaya Suzuki Tadayuki Takahashi Makota Tashiro Jack Tueller 《Space Science Reviews》2005,120(3-4):143-164
he burst alert telescope (BAT) is one of three instruments on the
Swift MIDEX spacecraft to study gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). The BAT first detects the GRB and localizes the burst direction to an
accuracy of 1–4 arcmin within 20 s after the start of the event. The GRB trigger initiates an autonomous spacecraft slew to
point the two narrow field-of-view (FOV) instruments at the burst location within 20–70 s so to make follow-up X-ray and optical
observations. The BAT is a wide-FOV, coded-aperture instrument with a CdZnTe detector plane. The detector plane is composed
of 32,768 pieces of CdZnTe (4×4×2 mm), and the coded-aperture mask is composed of ∼52,000 pieces of lead (5×5×1 mm) with a
1-m separation between mask and detector plane. The BAT operates over the 15–150 keV energy range with ∼7 keV resolution,
a sensitivity of ∼10−8 erg s−1 cm−2, and a 1.4 sr (half-coded) FOV. We expect to detect > 100 GRBs/year for a 2-year mission. The BAT also performs an all-sky
hard X-ray survey with a sensitivity of ∼2 m Crab (systematic limit) and it serves as a hard X-ray transient monitor. 相似文献
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Brian J. Anderson Mario H. Acuña David A. Lohr John Scheifele Asseem Raval Haje Korth James A. Slavin 《Space Science Reviews》2007,131(1-4):417-450
The Magnetometer (MAG) on the MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) mission is a low-noise,
tri-axial, fluxgate instrument with its sensor mounted on a 3.6-m-long boom. The boom was deployed on March 8, 2005. The primary
MAG science objectives are to determine the structure of Mercury’s intrinsic magnetic field and infer its origin. Mariner
10 observations indicate a planetary moment in the range 170 to 350 nT R
M3 (where R
M is Mercury’s mean radius). The uncertainties in the dipole moment are associated with the Mariner 10 trajectory and variability
of the measured field. By orbiting Mercury, MESSENGER will significantly improve the determination of dipole and higher-order
moments. The latter are essential to understanding the thermal history of the planet. MAG has a coarse range, ±51,300 nT full
scale (1.6-nT resolution), for pre-flight testing, and a fine range, ±1,530 nT full scale (0.047-nT resolution), for Mercury
operation. A magnetic cleanliness program was followed to minimize variable and static spacecraft-generated fields at the
sensor. Observations during and after boom deployment indicate that the fixed residual field is less than a few nT at the
location of the sensor, and initial observations indicate that the variable field is below 0.05 nT at least above about 3 Hz.
Analog signals from the three axes are low-pass filtered (10-Hz cutoff) and sampled simultaneously by three 20-bit analog-to-digital
converters every 50 ms. To accommodate variable telemetry rates, MAG provides 11 output rates from 0.01 s−1 to 20 s−1. Continuous measurement of fluctuations is provided with a digital 1–10 Hz bandpass filter. This fluctuation level is used
to trigger high-time-resolution sampling in eight-minute segments to record events of interest when continuous high-rate sampling
is not possible. The MAG instrument will provide accurate characterization of the intrinsic planetary field, magnetospheric
structure, and dynamics of Mercury’s solar wind interaction. 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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The measured D/H ratios in interstellar environments and in the solar system are reviewed. The two extreme D/H ratios in solar
system water - (720±120)×10−6 in clay minerals and (88±11)×10−6 in chondrules, both from LL3 chondritic meteorites - are interpreted as the result of a progressive isotopic exchange in
the solar nebula between deuterium-rich interstellar water and protosolar H2. According to a turbulent model describing the evolution of the nebula (Drouart et al., 1999), water in the solar system cannot be a product of thermal (neutral) reactions occurring in the solar nebula. Taking
720×10−6 as a face value for the isotopic composition of the interstellar water that predates the formation of the solar nebula, numerical
simulations show that the water D/H ratio decreases via an isotopic exchange with H2. During the course of this process, a D/H gradient was established in the nebula. This gradient was smoothed with time and
the isotopic homogenization of the solar nebula was completed in 106 years, reaching a D/H ratio of 88×10−6. In this model, cometary water should have also suffered a partial isotopic re-equilibration with H2. The isotopic heterogeneity observed in chondrites result from the turbulent mixing of grains, condensed at different epochs
and locations in the solar nebula. Recent isotopic determinations of water ice in cold interstellar clouds are in agreement
with these chondritic data and their interpretation (Texeira et al., 1999).
This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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建立了单组元发动机推力室系统(包括结构部件如隔热框、催化床、喷管等)的传热模型。在此基础上,应用有限元数值计算的方法,将模型进行轴对称Delaunay非结构化网格剖分,并完成瞬态温度场的模拟计算,进行推力室在轨温度的数值仿真。结合计算结果分析了热回浸现象、催化床电加热效能以及外空间辐射换热等问题。最后指出,隔热框的防热设计和空间辐射散热有效地隔绝了热回浸对电磁阀和喷注器的不良影响,并论证了催化床的电热丝加热是保证催化床在工作前维持一定温度范围之内的可靠方法。 相似文献
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The record of dynamical structure reveals a systematic variation that operates coherently with the 11-yr variation of UV irradiance.
Involving periods shorter than 5 years, the systematic variation reflects the influence of the QBO on the polar-night vortex.
It has the same basic structure as interannual changes associated with the residual mean circulation of the stratosphere.
A signature of the solar cycle also appears in the direct correlation to solar flux, as recovered through regression of the
entire monthly record. That signature, however, is sharply enhanced around solstice, when the residual circulation is active,
and during extremal phases of the QBO. In the tropics, the solar signature follows, throughout the year, from a decadal modulation
in the frequency of the QBO. The modulation is manifested to either side of the QBO’s mean frequency, in two spectral peaks
where the QBO dwells: one at (24 months)−1, reflecting a Biennial Oscillation (BO), and another at (36 months)-1. Intrinsic to the QBO, those peaks are separated from its mean frequency by ∼11 years−1.Through the QBO’s residual circulation, the decadal modulation introduces anomalies in the subtropics, with symmetry about
the equator. Accompanying anomalous temperature in the subtropics is a stronger signature over the winter pole. Discovered
by Labitzke and van Loon 1988, that solar signature reflects anomalous downwelling of the Brewer-Dobson circulation. It is
shown to follow through the BO, which is intrinsic to the QBO and its modulation of the polar-night vortex. 相似文献
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下游喉道对双喉道气动矢量喷管气动性能的影响 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
数值模拟研究了下游喉道高度H对二维双喉道气动矢量喷管(DTN)所能达到的最大矢量角的影响,并分析了不同H时喷管腔内流动的发展规律.结果表明:H对喷管推力矢量角影响较大,尤其是H大于1与H小于1的喷管腔内会出现不同的主流发展过程.当喷管腔内主流刚好发展为完全超声速,下游喉道处声速线消失时,可以获得它在所给工况下可能达到的最大矢量角;并且H大于1时可以在较少的二次流百分比下就可以达到最大矢量角,而H小于1时则需要在较高的二次流百分比下才能达到,但其最大矢量角明显大于H大于1的喷管所能达到的最大矢量角. 相似文献
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B. Heber E. Keppler R.G. Marsden C. Tranquille B. Blake M. Fränz 《Space Science Reviews》2001,97(1-4):363-366
Moraal and Steenberg (1999), showed that the peak energy in the anomalous cosmic ray spectra is independent of the radial
distance up to a few AU away from the termination shock but dependent on the solar wind speed, the radius of the termination
shock and the scattering strength. In this paper we will discuss the variation of the cosmic ray oxygen energy spectrum as
measured by the Ulysses EPAC and the COSPIN/LET on board Ulysses. We found that the peak energy decreased from ∼5 MeV nucl−1, when Ulysses was at high northern heliographic latitudes embedded in the fast solar wind to ∼3.5 MeV n−1, in the streamer belt. The shift towards lower energy might also be caused by changing modulation although Voyager measurements
indicate no variation of the ACR Oxygen spectrum at ∼60 AU.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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Philippe L. Lamy Imre Toth Björn J. R. Davidsson Olivier Groussin Pedro Gutiérrez Laurent Jorda Mikko Kaasalainen Stephen C. Lowry 《Space Science Reviews》2007,128(1-4):23-66
In 2003, comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko was selected as the new target of the Rosetta mission as the most suitable alternative
to the original target, comet 46P/Wirtanen, on the basis of orbital considerations even though very little was known about
the physical properties of its nucleus. In a matter of a few years and based on highly focused observational campaigns as
well as thorough theoretical investigations, a detailed portrait of this nucleus has been established that will serve as a
baseline for planning the Rosetta operations and observations. In this review article, we present a novel method to determine
the size and shape of a cometary nucleus: several visible light curves were inverted to produce a size–scale free three–dimensional
shape, the size scaling being imposed by a thermal light curve. The procedure converges to two solutions which are only marginally
different. The nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko emerges as an irregular body with an effective radius (that of the
sphere having the same volume) = 1.72 km and moderate axial ratios a/b = 1.26 and a/c = 1.5 to 1.6. The overall dimensions
measured along the principal axis for the two solutions are 4.49–4.75 km, 3.54–3.77 km and 2.94–2.92 km. The nucleus is found
to be in principal axis rotation with a period = 12.4–12.7 h. Merging all observational constraints allow us to specify two
regions for the direction of the rotational axis of the nucleus: RA = 220°+50°
−30° and Dec = −70° ± 10° (retrograde rotation) or RA = 40°+50°
-30° and Dec = +70°± 10° (prograde), the better convergence of the various determinations presently favoring the first solution. The phase function,
although constrained by only two data points, exhibits a strong opposition effect rather similar to that of comet 9P/Tempel
1. The definition of the disk–integrated albedo of an irregular body having a strong opposition effect raises problems, and
the various alternatives led to a R-band geometric albedo in the range 0.045–0.060, consistent with our present knowledge of cometary nuclei. The active fraction
is low, not exceeding ~ 7% at perihelion, and is probably limited to one or two active regions subjected to a strong seasonal
effect, a picture coherent with the asymmetric behaviour of the coma. Our slightly downward revision of the size of the nucleus
of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko resulting from the present analysis (with the correlative increase of the albedo compared
to the originally assumed value of 0.04), and our best estimate of the bulk density of 370 kg m−3, lead to a mass of ~ 8 × 1012 kg which should ease the landing of Philae and insure the overall success of the Rosetta mission. 相似文献
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Michael J. S. Belton Karen J. Meech Michael F. A’Hearn Olivier Groussin Lucy Mcfadden Carey Lisse Yanga R. Fernández Jana PittichovÁ Henry Hsieh Jochen Kissel Kenneth Klaasen Philippe Lamy Dina Prialnik Jessica Sunshine Peter Thomas Imre Toth 《Space Science Reviews》2005,117(1-2):137-160
In 1998, Comet 9P/Tempel 1 was chosen as the target of the Deep Impact mission (A’Hearn, M. F., Belton, M. J. S., and Delamere, A., Space Sci. Rev., 2005) even though very little was known about its physical properties. Efforts were immediately begun to improve this situation
by the Deep Impact Science Team leading to the founding of a worldwide observing campaign (Meech et al., Space Sci. Rev., 2005a). This campaign has already produced a great deal of information on the global properties of the comet’s nucleus
(summarized in Table I) that is vital to the planning and the assessment of the chances of success at the impact and encounter.
Since the mission was begun the successful encounters of the Deep Space 1 spacecraft at Comet 19P/Borrelly and the Stardust spacecraft at Comet 81P/Wild 2 have occurred yielding new information on the state of the nuclei of these two comets. This
information, together with earlier results on the nucleus of comet 1P/Halley from the European Space Agency’s Giotto, the Soviet Vega mission, and various ground-based observational and theoretical studies, is used as a basis for conjectures on the morphological,
geological, mechanical, and compositional properties of the surface and subsurface that Deep Impact may find at 9P/Tempel 1. We adopt the following working values (circa December 2004) for the nucleus parameters of prime importance to Deep Impact as follows: mean effective radius = 3.25± 0.2 km, shape – irregular triaxial ellipsoid with a/b = 3.2± 0.4 and overall dimensions of ∼14.4 × 4.4 × 4.4 km, principal axis rotation with period = 41.85± 0.1 hr, pole directions
(RA, Dec, J2000) = 46± 10, 73± 10 deg (Pole 1) or 287± 14, 16.5± 10 deg (Pole 2) (the two poles are photometrically, but not
geometrically, equivalent), Kron-Cousins (V-R) color = 0.56± 0.02, V-band geometric albedo = 0.04± 0.01, R-band geometric
albedo = 0.05± 0.01, R-band H(1,1,0) = 14.441± 0.067, and mass ∼7×1013 kg assuming a bulk density of 500 kg m−3. As these are working values, {i.e.}, based on preliminary analyses, it is expected that adjustments to their values may be made before encounter
as improved estimates become available through further analysis of the large database being made available by the Deep Impact observing campaign. Given the parameters listed above the impact will occur in an environment where the local gravity is
estimated at 0.027–0.04 cm s−2 and the escape velocity between 1.4 and 2 m s−1. For both of the rotation poles found here, the Deep Impact spacecraft on approach to encounter will find the rotation axis close to the plane of the sky (aspect angles 82.2 and 69.7
deg. for pole 1 and 2, respectively). However, until the rotation period estimate is substantially improved, it will remain
uncertain whether the impactor will collide with the broadside or the ends of the nucleus. 相似文献