冥王星与冥卫一的表面成分
地球与行星天体物理
2016-04-20 v1
摘要
新视野号航天器绘制了冥王星和冥卫一相遇半球上的颜色与红外光谱。主导冥王星表面的挥发性冰 CH、CO 和 N 具有复杂的空间分布，这是季节和地质时间尺度上升华、凝结和冰川流动作用的结果。冥王星的 HO 冰“基岩”也被绘制，孤立露头出现在多种环境中。冥王星表面展现出与其不同区域相关的复杂区域颜色多样性。冥卫一的颜色模式较简单，以中性低纬度和红色北部极区为主。冥卫一近红外光谱揭示了具有强 NH 吸收的高度局部化区域，这些区域与小而相对新鲜的撞击喷出物陨石坑相关。
引用
@article{arxiv.1604.05368,
title = {Surface Compositions Across Pluto and Charon},
author = {W. M. Grundy and R. P. Binzel and B. J. Buratti and J. C. Cook and D. P. Cruikshank and C. M. Dalle Ore and A. M. Earle and K. Ennico and C. J. A. Howett and A. W. Lunsford and C. B. Olkin and A. H. Parker and S. Philippe and S. Protopapa and E. Quirico and D. C. Reuter and B. Schmitt and K. N. Singer and A. J. Verbiscer and R. A. Beyer and M. W. Buie and A. F. Cheng and D. E. Jennings and I. R. Linscott and J. Wm. Parker and P. M. Schenk and J. R. Spencer and J. A. Stansberry and S. A. Stern and H. B. Throop and C. C. C. Tsang and H. A. Weaver and G. E. Weigle and L. A. Young and the New Horizons Science Team},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.05368},
year = {2016}
}
备注
in Science 351, aad9189 (2016)