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Uranus’s Influence on Neptune’s Exterior Mean-motion Resonances 天王星对海王星外部均动共振的影响

The Planetary Science Journal Pub Date : 2024-06-10 DOI: 10.3847/psj/ad4707

Severance Graham, Kathryn Volk

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An Explainable Deep-learning Model of Proton Auroras on Mars 火星质子极光的可解释深度学习模型

The Planetary Science Journal Pub Date : 2024-06-10 DOI: 10.3847/psj/ad45ff

Dattaraj B. Dhuri, Dimitra Atri, Ahmed AlHantoobi

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The Population of Small Near-Earth Objects: Composition, Source Regions, and Rotational Properties 近地小天体群：成分、源区和旋转特性

The Planetary Science Journal Pub Date : 2024-06-06 DOI: 10.3847/psj/ad445f

Juan A. Sanchez, Vishnu Reddy, Audrey Thirouin, William F. Bottke, Theodore Kareta, Mario De Florio, Benjamin N. L. Sharkey, Adam Battle, David C. Cantillo, Neil Pearson

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Effects of the 2007 Martian Global Dust Storm on Boundary Positions in the Induced Magnetosphere 2007 年火星全球尘暴对诱导磁层边界位置的影响

The Planetary Science Journal Pub Date : 2024-06-04 DOI: 10.3847/psj/ad4116

Catherine E. Regan, Andrew J. Coates, Mark Lester, Anne Wellbrock, Geraint H. Jones, Beatriz Sánchez-Cano, Philippe Garnier, Richard P. Haythornthwaite, Dikshita Meggi, Rudy A. Frahm and Mats Holmström

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Long-term Monitoring of Didymos with the LCOGT Network and MRO after the DART Impact 利用 LCOGT 网络和 MRO 在 DART 撞击后对 Didymos 进行长期监测

The Planetary Science Journal Pub Date : 2024-05-30 DOI: 10.3847/psj/ad4345

Tim Lister, Cora Constantinescu, William Ryan, Eileen Ryan, Edward Gomez, Liz Phillips, Agata Rożek, Helen Usher, Brian P. Murphy, Joseph Chatelain and Sarah Greenstreet

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Impact Disruption of Bjurböle Porous Chondritic Projectile 比尤伯勒多孔软玉射弹的撞击破坏

The Planetary Science Journal Pub Date : 2024-05-30 DOI: 10.3847/psj/ad4266

Tomas Kohout, Maurizio Pajola, Assi-Johanna Soini, Alice Lucchetti, Arto Luttinen, Alexia Duchêne, Naomi Murdoch, Robert Luther, Nancy L. Chabot, Sabina D. Raducan, Paul Sánchez, Olivier S. Barnouin and Andrew S. Rivkin

{"title":"Impact Disruption of Bjurböle Porous Chondritic Projectile","authors":"Tomas Kohout, Maurizio Pajola, Assi-Johanna Soini, Alice Lucchetti, Arto Luttinen, Alexia Duchêne, Naomi Murdoch, Robert Luther, Nancy L. Chabot, Sabina D. Raducan, Paul Sánchez, Olivier S. Barnouin and Andrew S. Rivkin","doi":"10.3847/psj/ad4266","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3847/psj/ad4266","url":null,"abstract":"The ∼200 m s−1 impact of a single 400 kg Bjurböle L/LL ordinary chondrite meteorite onto sea ice resulted in the catastrophic disruption of the projectile. This resulted in a significant fraction of decimeter-sized fragments that exhibit power-law cumulative size and mass distributions. This size range is underrepresented in impact experiments and asteroid boulder studies. The Bjurböle projectile fragments share similarities in shape (sphericity and roughness at small and large scales) with asteroid boulders. However, the mean aspect ratio (3D measurement) and apparent aspect ratio (2D measurement) of the Bjurböle fragments is 0.83 and 0.77, respectively, indicating that Bjurböle fragments are more equidimensional compared to both fragments produced in smaller-scale impact experiments and asteroid boulders. These differences may be attributed either to the fragment source (projectile versus target), to the high porosity and low strength of Bjurböle, to the lower impact velocity compared with typical asteroid collision velocities, or potentially to fragment erosion during sea sediment penetration or cleaning.","PeriodicalId":34524,"journal":{"name":"The Planetary Science Journal","volume":"67 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141188410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A Spectral Method to Compute the Tides of Laterally Heterogeneous Bodies 计算侧向异质体潮汐的频谱法

The Planetary Science Journal Pub Date : 2024-05-30 DOI: 10.3847/psj/ad381f

Marc Rovira-Navarro, Isamu Matsuyama and Alexander Berne

{"title":"A Spectral Method to Compute the Tides of Laterally Heterogeneous Bodies","authors":"Marc Rovira-Navarro, Isamu Matsuyama and Alexander Berne","doi":"10.3847/psj/ad381f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3847/psj/ad381f","url":null,"abstract":"Body tides reveal information about planetary interiors and affect their evolution. Most models to compute body tides rely on the assumption of a spherically symmetric interior. However, several processes can lead to lateral variations of interior properties. We present a new spectral method to compute the tidal response of laterally heterogeneous bodies. Compared to previous spectral methods, our approach is not limited to small-amplitude lateral variations; compared to finite element codes, this approach is more computationally efficient. While the tidal response of a spherically symmetric body has the same wavelength as the tidal force; lateral heterogeneities produce an additional tidal response with a spectra that depends on the spatial pattern of such variations. For Mercury, the Moon, and Io, the amplitude of this signal is as high as 1%–10% of the main tidal response for long-wavelength shear modulus variations higher than ∼10% of the mean shear modulus. For Europa, Ganymede, and Enceladus, shell-thickness variations of 50% of the mean shell thickness can cause an additional signal of ∼1% and ∼10% for the Jovian moons and Encelaudus, respectively. Future missions, such as BepiColombo and JUICE, might measure these signals. Lateral variations of viscosity affect the distribution of tidal heating. This can drive the thermal evolution of tidally active bodies and affect the distribution of active regions.","PeriodicalId":34524,"journal":{"name":"The Planetary Science Journal","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141197795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Lunar North Polar Cold Traps Based on Diurnally and Seasonally Varying Temperatures 基于昼夜和季节性温度变化的月球北极冷阱

The Planetary Science Journal Pub Date : 2024-05-30 DOI: 10.3847/psj/ad49a8

Norbert Schörghofer, Jean-Pierre Williams and Erwan Mazarico

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Observations of Titan’s Stratosphere during Northern Summer: Temperatures, CH3CN and CH3D Abundances 土卫六平流层北部夏季观测：温度、CH3CN 和 CH3D 丰度

The Planetary Science Journal Pub Date : 2024-05-29 DOI: 10.3847/psj/ad47bd

Alexander E. Thelen, Conor A. Nixon, Martin A. Cordiner, Emmanuel Lellouch, Sandrine Vinatier, Nicholas A. Teanby, Bryan Butler, Steven B. Charnley, Richard G. Cosentino, Katherine de Kleer, Patrick G. J. Irwin, Mark A. Gurwell, Zbigniew Kisiel and Raphael Moreno

{"title":"Observations of Titan’s Stratosphere during Northern Summer: Temperatures, CH3CN and CH3D Abundances","authors":"Alexander E. Thelen, Conor A. Nixon, Martin A. Cordiner, Emmanuel Lellouch, Sandrine Vinatier, Nicholas A. Teanby, Bryan Butler, Steven B. Charnley, Richard G. Cosentino, Katherine de Kleer, Patrick G. J. Irwin, Mark A. Gurwell, Zbigniew Kisiel and Raphael Moreno","doi":"10.3847/psj/ad47bd","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3847/psj/ad47bd","url":null,"abstract":"Titan’s atmospheric composition and dynamical state have previously been studied over numerous epochs by both ground- and space-based facilities. However, stratospheric measurements remain sparse during Titan’s northern summer and fall. The lack of seasonal symmetry in observations of Titan’s temperature field and chemical abundances raises questions about the nature of the middle atmosphere’s meridional circulation and evolution over Titan’s 29 yr seasonal cycle that can only be answered through long-term monitoring campaigns. Here, we present maps of Titan’s stratospheric temperature, acetonitrile (or methyl cyanide; CH3CN) abundance, and monodeuterated methane (CH3D) abundance following Titan’s northern summer solstice obtained with Band 9 (∼0.43 mm) Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array observations. We find that increasing temperatures toward high southern latitudes, currently in winter, resemble those observed during Titan’s northern winter by the Cassini mission. Acetonitrile abundances have changed significantly since previous (sub)millimeter observations, and we find that the species is now highly concentrated at high southern latitudes. The stratospheric CH3D content is found to range between 4 and 8 ppm in these observations, and we infer the CH4 abundance to vary between ∼0.9% and 1.6% through conversion with previously measured D/H values. A global value of CH4 = 1.15% was retrieved, lending further evidence to the temporal and spatial variability of Titan’s stratospheric methane when compared with previous measurements. Additional observations are required to determine the cause and magnitude of stratospheric enhancements in methane during these poorly understood seasons on Titan.","PeriodicalId":34524,"journal":{"name":"The Planetary Science Journal","volume":"74 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141188470","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Near-infrared Photometry of the Moon's Surface with Passive Radiometry from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) 利用月球轨道激光高度计（LOLA）的被动辐射测量法对月球表面进行近红外光度测量

The Planetary Science Journal Pub Date : 2024-05-27 DOI: 10.3847/psj/ad4467

Ryan T. Walker, Michael K. Barker, Erwan Mazarico, Xiaoli Sun, Gregory A. Neumann, David E. Smith, James W. Head and Maria T. Zuber

{"title":"Near-infrared Photometry of the Moon's Surface with Passive Radiometry from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA)","authors":"Ryan T. Walker, Michael K. Barker, Erwan Mazarico, Xiaoli Sun, Gregory A. Neumann, David E. Smith, James W. Head and Maria T. Zuber","doi":"10.3847/psj/ad4467","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3847/psj/ad4467","url":null,"abstract":"Examining the reflectance of the Moon's surface across a broad range of viewing geometries through photometric analysis can reveal physical and geological properties of its regolith. Since 2013 December, the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) on board the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been operating as a near-infrared (1064 nm) passive radiometer when its laser is turned off. We present a new analysis of this data set spanning roughly 8 yr and covering the surface up to high latitudes in both hemispheres. We apply semiempirical phase functions to find a lower photometric slope and a narrower opposition effect for the highlands than the maria, consistent with theoretical expectations given the higher albedo of the highlands. Examining various geological properties at global scales shows that, in the highlands, iron abundance (FeO) and optical maturity (OMAT) are the dominant factors affecting the phase function, with a smaller influence from surface slope. In the maria, FeO is the dominant factor, with smaller influences from OMAT, surface slope, and TiO2. Submicroscopic iron abundance (SMFe) has a similar effect to OMAT in both highlands and maria. Analysis at specific sites, including the Reiner Gamma swirl and several silicic anomalies, indicates that the phase functions are consistent with the global data for similar FeO and OMAT. Thermophysical properties inferred from surface temperature observations by the Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment on board LRO do not affect the 1064 nm phase function, possibly due to a difference between their depth scale and LOLA's sensing depth.","PeriodicalId":34524,"journal":{"name":"The Planetary Science Journal","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141165507","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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