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Jean-Loup Bertaux Erkki Kyrölä Eric Quemerais Rosine Lallement Walter Schmidt Tuula Summanen Jorge Costa Teemu Mäkinen 《Space Science Reviews》1999,87(1-2):129-132
SWAN is the first space instrument dedicated to the monitoring of the latitude distribution of the solar wind by the Lyman
alpha method. The distribution of interstellar H atoms in the solar system is determined by their destruction during ionization
charge-exchange with solar wind protons. Maps of sky Ly-α emission have been recorded regularly since launch. The upwind maximum
emission region deviates strongly from the pattern that would be expected from a solar wind that is constant with latitude.
It is divided in two lobes by a depression aligned with the solar equatorial plane, called the Lyman-alpha groove, due to
enhanced ionization along the neutral sheet where the slow and dense solar wind is concentrated. The groove (or the anisotropy)
is more pronounced in 1997 than in 1996, but it then decreases between 1997 and 1998.
This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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Tarter JC Backus PR Mancinelli RL Aurnou JM Backman DE Basri GS Boss AP Clarke A Deming D Doyle LR Feigelson ED Freund F Grinspoon DH Haberle RM Hauck SA Heath MJ Henry TJ Hollingsworth JL Joshi MM Kilston S Liu MC Meikle E Reid IN Rothschild LJ Scalo J Segura A Tang CM Tiedje JM Turnbull MC Walkowicz LM Weber AL Young RE 《Astrobiology》2007,7(1):30-65
Stable, hydrogen-burning, M dwarf stars make up about 75% of all stars in the Galaxy. They are extremely long-lived, and because they are much smaller in mass than the Sun (between 0.5 and 0.08 M(Sun)), their temperature and stellar luminosity are low and peaked in the red. We have re-examined what is known at present about the potential for a terrestrial planet forming within, or migrating into, the classic liquid-surface-water habitable zone close to an M dwarf star. Observations of protoplanetary disks suggest that planet-building materials are common around M dwarfs, but N-body simulations differ in their estimations of the likelihood of potentially habitable, wet planets that reside within their habitable zones, which are only about one-fifth to 1/50th of the width of that for a G star. Particularly in light of the claimed detection of the planets with masses as small as 5.5 and 7.5 M(Earth) orbiting M stars, there seems no reason to exclude the possibility of terrestrial planets. Tidally locked synchronous rotation within the narrow habitable zone does not necessarily lead to atmospheric collapse, and active stellar flaring may not be as much of an evolutionarily disadvantageous factor as has previously been supposed. We conclude that M dwarf stars may indeed be viable hosts for planets on which the origin and evolution of life can occur. A number of planetary processes such as cessation of geothermal activity or thermal and nonthermal atmospheric loss processes may limit the duration of planetary habitability to periods far shorter than the extreme lifetime of the M dwarf star. Nevertheless, it makes sense to include M dwarf stars in programs that seek to find habitable worlds and evidence of life. This paper presents the summary conclusions of an interdisciplinary workshop (http://mstars.seti.org) sponsored by the NASA Astrobiology Institute and convened at the SETI Institute. 相似文献
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Ehlmann BL Chowdhury J Marzullo TC Collins RE Litzenberger J Ibsen S Krauser WR DeKock B Hannon M Kinnevan J Shepard R Grant FD 《Acta Astronautica》2005,56(9-12):851-858
Mars is a compelling astrobiological target, and a human mission would provide an opportunity to collect immense amounts of scientific data. Exploration alone, however, cannot justify the increased risk. Instead, three factors drive a human mission: economics, education, and exploration. A human mission has a unique potential to inspire the next generation of young people to enter critically needed science and engineering disciplines. A mission is economically feasible, and the research and development program put in place for a human mission would propel growth in related high-technology industries. The main hurdles are human physiological responses to 1–2 years of radiation and microgravity exposure. However, enabling technologies are sufficiently mature in these areas that they can be developed within a few decade timescale. Hence, the decision of whether or not to undertake a human mission to Mars is a political decision, and thus, educational and economic benefits are the crucial factors. 相似文献
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Fluid dynamics and aero-optics of turrets 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
A summary of research efforts for last several years on fluid-dynamics and aero-optics of hemisphere-on-cylinder turrets with flat and conformal windows is presented. The topology of flow behind turrets and both steady and unsteady sources of optical distortions are discussed. Scaling laws for levels of optical aberrations are proposed and results of several experimental studies are compared and discussed. Effects of passive and active flow control in mitigation of aero-optical environment around turrets, as well as current computational studies of aero-optics of turrets are summarized and discussed. 相似文献
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Houssam Toutanji Christopher M. Goff Edwin Ethridge Eric Stokes 《Advances in Space Research (includes Cospar's Information Bulletin, Space Research Today)》2012
Recent discoveries of water ice trapped within lunar topsoil (regolith) have placed a new emphasis on the recovery and utilization of water for future space exploration. Upon heating the lunar ice to sublimation, the resulting water vapor could theoretically transmit through the lunar regolith, to be captured on the surface. As the permeability of lunar regolith is essential to this process, this paper seeks to experimentally determine the permeability and flow characteristics of various gas species through simulated lunar regolith (SLR). Two different types of SLR were compacted and placed into the permeability setup to measure the flow-rate of transmitted gas through the sample. Darcy’s permeability constant was calculated for each sample and gas combination, and flow characteristics were determined from the results. The results show that Darcy’s permeability constant varies with SLR compaction density, and identified no major difference in permeable flow between the several tested gas species. Between the two tested SLR types, JSC-1A was shown to be more permeable than NU-LHT under similar conditions. In addition, a transition zone was identified in the flow when the gas pressure differential across the sample was less than ∼40 kPa. 相似文献
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Eric L. Christiansen Kornel Nagy Dana M. Lear Thomas G. Prior 《Acta Astronautica》2009,65(7-8):921-929
This paper describes the International Space Station (ISS) micro-meteoroid orbital debris (MMOD) impact shielding including the requirements for protection as well as technical approaches to meeting the requirements. Current activities in providing MMOD protection for ISS are described, including efforts to augment MMOD protection by adding shields on-orbit. Another activity is to observe MMOD impact damage on ISS elements and returned hardware, and to compare the observed damage with predicted damage using Bumper code risk assessment software. A conclusion of this paper is that ISS will be protected adequately from MMOD impact after completing augmentation of ISS shielding for service module, and after improving MMOD protection for Soyuz and Progress vehicles. Another conclusion is that impact damage observed to the ISS mini-pressurized logistics module matches the distribution of impacts predicted by Bumper code. 相似文献
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One-dimensional hydrodynamic calculations have been done of 1E51 erg explosions in 15M stars. We have appended a steep external density gradient to the pre-supernova model of Weaver et al and find: (1) the outer shock wave decelerates throughout the pre-Sedov phase, (2) the expanding stellar envelope and the shocked interstellar material are Rayleigh-Taylor stable until the Sedov phase, and (3) steep internal density gradients are R-T unstable during the early expansion and may be the source of high velocity knots seen in Cas A. 相似文献
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Piyush M. Mehta Craig A. McLaughlin Eric K. Sutton 《Advances in Space Research (includes Cospar's Information Bulletin, Space Research Today)》2013
Drag coefficient is a major source of uncertainty in predicting the orbit of a satellite in low Earth orbit (LEO). Computational methods like the Test Particle Monte Carlo (TPMC) and Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) are important tools in accurately computing physical drag coefficients. However, the methods are computationally expensive and cannot be employed real time. Therefore, modeling of the physical drag coefficient is required. This work presents a technique of developing parameterized drag coefficients models using the DSMC method. The technique is validated by developing a model for the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite. Results show that drag coefficients computed using the developed model for GRACE agree to within 1% with those computed using DSMC. 相似文献