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为什么稠密的行星环只在8到20个AU之间被发现?

Why are dense planetary rings only found between 8 and 20 AU?

M. M. Hedman

摘要:

最近在半人马座Chariklo(可能还有Chiron)周围发现的致密环表明,完整的致密行星环不仅存在于土星和天王星周围,而且还存在于这些巨行星附近的小天体周围。这份报告研究了是否有一个物理过程,使环更有可能形成或持续在这个特定的部分外太阳系。具体来说,环绕土星和天王星的环物质似乎比形成木星和海王星最内层卫星的物质要弱得多。此外,土星环、天王星环和Chariklo环的平均地面温度都接近70 K。因此,在我们的太阳系中,致密环的分布受到限制,这可能是因为冰物质在该温度附近特别脆弱。

英文摘要:

The recent discovery of dense rings around the Centaur Chariklo (and possibly Chiron) reveals that complete dense planetary rings are not only found around Saturn and Uranus, but also around small bodies orbiting in the vicinity of those giant planets. This report examines whether there could be a physical process that would make rings more likely to form or persist in this particular part of the outer Solar System. Specifically, the ring material orbiting Saturn and Uranus appears to be much weaker than the material forming the innermost moons of Jupiter and Neptune. Also, the mean surface temperatures of Saturn's, Uranus' and Chariklo's rings are all close to 70 K. Thus the restricted distribution of dense rings in our Solar System may arise because icy materials are particularly weak around that temperature.

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