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小行星表面地球物理学

Asteroid Surface Geophysics

Naomi Murdoch, Paul Sanchez, Stephen R. Schwartz, Hideaki Miyamoto

摘要:

小行星表面被风化层覆盖,保存着在其表面有时也在其内部发生的地球物理过程的记录。由于这些天体所处的独特微重力环境,一个复杂而多样的天体物理学产生了我们刚刚开始了解的迷人特征。形成这些特征的过程首先是通过详细的航天器观测提出的假设,并使用理论、数值和实验方法进行了进一步研究,这些方法往往结合了几个科学学科。这些多种方法目前正在合并,以进一步了解小行星表面的地球物理状态。在本章中,我们将简要总结科学界迄今为止对这些小行星表面的了解,以及塑造它们的过程。我们还讨论了最先进的实验技术和数值模拟,目前正在使用的调查风化过程发生在小天体表面,并有助于解释观测和设计未来的空间飞行任务。

英文摘要:

The regolith-covered surfaces of asteroids preserve records of geophysical processes that have occurred both at their surfaces and sometimes also in their interiors. As a result of the unique micro-gravity environment that these bodies posses, a complex and varied geophysics has given birth to fascinating features that we are just now beginning to understand. The processes that formed such features were first hypothesised through detailed spacecraft observations and have been further studied using theoretical, numerical and experimental methods that often combine several scientific disciplines. These multiple approaches are now merging towards a further understanding of the geophysical states of the surfaces of asteroids. In this chapter we provide a concise summary of what the scientific community has learned so far about the surfaces of these small planetary bodies and the processes that have shaped them. We also discuss the state of the art in terms of experimental techniques and numerical simulations that are currently being used to investigate regolith processes occurring on small-body surfaces and that are contributing to the interpretation of observations and the design of future space missions.

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