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小行星的撞击历史(2867)

The Cratering History of Asteroid (2867) Steins

S. Marchi, C. Barbieri, M. Kueppers, F. Marzari, B. Davidsson, H. U. Keller, S. Besse, P. Lamy, S. Mottola, M. Massironi, G. Cremonese

摘要:

利用2008年9月5日罗塞塔号飞越期间获得的OSIRIS图像,对主带小行星(2867)Steins的撞击坑历史进行了研究。为此目的,我们采用了目前的模型描述的形成和演变的主带小行星,提供率和速度分布的撞击。这些模型加上适当的陨石坑比例定律,使陨石坑的历史进行估计。因此,我们推导出Steins的陨石坑保留年龄,即自其形成或全球表面重置以来所经历的时间。我们还研究了各种因素的影响-如体积结构和陨石坑擦除-估计的年龄,跨度从几百万年到超过1Gyr,这取决于所采用的标度律和小行星的物理参数。此外,还发现了一个明显缺乏小于0.6公里的陨石坑,并解释为斯坦陨石坑记录的特殊演变的结果,可能与南极附近2.1公里宽的撞击坑的形成或YORP重塑有关。

英文摘要:

The cratering history of main belt asteroid (2867) Steins has been investigated using OSIRIS imagery acquired during the Rosetta flyby that took place on the 5th of September 2008. For this purpose, we applied current models describing the formation and evolution of main belt asteroids, that provide the rate and velocity distributions of impactors. These models coupled with appropriate crater scaling laws, allow the cratering history to be estimated. Hence, we derive Steins' cratering retention age, namely the time lapsed since its formation or global surface reset. We also investigate the influence of various factors -like bulk structure and crater erasing- on the estimated age, which spans from a few hundred Myrs to more than 1Gyr, depending on the adopted scaling law and asteroid physical parameters. Moreover, a marked lack of craters smaller than about 0.6km has been found and interpreted as a result of a peculiar evolution of Steins cratering record, possibly related either to the formation of the 2.1km wide impact crater near the south pole or to YORP reshaping.

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