关于柯伊伯带天体Arrokoth的显著亮颈的一些新结果和观点
Some New Results and Perspectives Regarding the Kuiper Belt Object Arrokoth's Remarkable, Bright Neck
摘要：
由新视野号探测的小型柯伊伯带天体（KB）Arrokoth最引人注目和好奇的特征之一是它在两个裂片之间的交界处展示的明亮的环形颈部。在这里，我们总结了过去报告的结果，关于这个功能的属性，并报告新的发现，其尺寸，反射率和颜色，形状轮廓，以及缺乏可识别的陨石坑。最后，我们列举了可能的原产地的情况下，这种不寻常的功能。新的结果包括观察到的颈部面积的新测量值为8+/-1.5 km 2，颈部总表面积为32 km 2，颈部周长与高度的比率为12.5：1，观察到的颈部的正常反射率直方图，以及没有显著（即，>2 σ）的颜色单元，这意味着颈部的颜色在最佳彩色图像的1.5 km/像素尺度下通常是空间均匀的。虽然对颈部明亮物质的几种起源假设进行了简要讨论，但目前没有一种可以最终证明是实际的起源机制;确定了一些未来的测试。
英文摘要：
One of the most striking and curious features of the small Kuiper Belt Object (KB), Arrokoth, explored by New Horizons, is the bright, annular neck it exhibits at the junction between its two lobes. Here we summarize past reported findings regarding the properties of this feature and report new findings regarding its dimensions, reflectivity and color, shape profile, and its lack of identifiable craters. We conclude by enumerating possible origin scenarios for this unusual feature. New results include a new measurement of the observed neck area of 8+/-1.5 km2, a total neck surface area of 32 km2, a 12.5:1 ratio of neck circumference to height, a normal reflectance histogram of the observed neck, and the fact that no significant (i.e., >2 sigma) color units were identified, meaning the neck's color is generally spatially uniform at the 1.5 km/pixel scale of the best color images. Although several origin hypotheses for the bright material in the neck are briefly discussed, none can be conclusively demonstrated to be the actual origin mechanism at this time; some future tests are identified.
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