{"title":"Non-Hydrostatic Stresses in the Interior of Venus beneath the Atla and Beta Regions","authors":"A. V. Batov, T. V. Gudkova","doi":"10.1134/S0038094625601148","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0038094625601148","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The stresses in the interior of Venus beneath the Atla and Beta regions were calculated. We presented the distribution of non-hydrostatic stresses in the interior of Venus based on a joint interpretation of topography data and the nonequilibrium part of the gravitational field. A system of elastic equilibrium equations for a self-gravitating planet using topography and gravitational field data is solved on a grid with a resolution of 1° × 1° in latitude and longitude. Tensile stresses reach 20–30 MPa to the north and east of Beta region and to the northwest and south of Atla region, while shear stresses exceed 30 MPa in the central parts of the uplifts.</p>","PeriodicalId":778,"journal":{"name":"Solar System Research","volume":"60 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147737414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
O. S. Chernenko, N. A. Eismont, V. A. Zubko, M. V. Pupkov
{"title":"Definition of Near-Earth Asteroids and Trajectory Design for Transfer to Earth-Resonant Orbits","authors":"O. S. Chernenko, N. A. Eismont, V. A. Zubko, M. V. Pupkov","doi":"10.1134/S0038094625601240","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0038094625601240","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In recent decades, interest in controlling the orbits of small bodies in the Solar System has been steadily growing due to the discovery of an increasing number of potentially hazardous asteroids, as well as the development of concepts for their direct investigation and mineral extraction. The most attractive missions for implementation are those with minimal propellant consumption, allowing for an increase in payload mass and a wider range of operations on the surface of the celestial body. We propose a method for selecting near-Earth asteroids and initial ballistic designing the trajectories to transfer small bodies to heliocentric orbits resonant with the Earth’s orbit at minimal changes in the characteristic velocity (delta-v budget) and moderate mission duration. The catalog of targets is formed according to geometric and dynamic criteria, after which the delta-v budget maps are constructed, separating the contributions of the upper stage and the spacecraft. Next, the phasing impulse of the spacecraft on the asteroid’s surface, ensuring that the asteroid is transferred to an orbit with a period equal to one Earth year, is modeled. This choice of a period guarantees annual returns to the vicinity of the Earth and creates conditions for a sequence of combined gravity-assist maneuvers in the Earth–Moon system, which makes it possible to reduce the velocity of the asteroid in the geocentric system while its heliocentric velocity remains almost unchanged. The subsequent dynamics of resonant approaches are analyzed to find favorable windows for prospective gravity-assist maneuvers and a possible capture of the asteroid into the orbit around the Earth. The feasibility of the proposed mission profile is demonstrated by the examples of several objects.</p>","PeriodicalId":778,"journal":{"name":"Solar System Research","volume":"60 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147737767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Core-Powered Mass-Loss of the Primary Atmospheres of Mini-Neptunes: Influence of Water Content in the Planet Interior and Evolution of the Host Star","authors":"R. A. Evdokimov, V. I. Shematovich","doi":"10.1134/S0038094626600095","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0038094626600095","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The dependence of the rate and magnitude of the core-powered mass-loss of the primary atmosphere by mini-Neptunes on the water content in the core has been studied. It was shown (Evdokimov and Shematovich, 2025a, 2005b) that the magnitude of the loss of the hydrogen–helium envelope due to the heat flux from the core strongly depends on the structure of the interior of the mini-Neptune HD 207496b. The presence of a water mantle, which makes up a significant portion of the planet’s mass, increases the core radius and its heat capacity, leading to increased atmospheric losses. In this study, we conducted a more detailed analysis of this effect by simulating the escape of the primary gas envelope for mini-Neptunes with varying water mass fractions, given their mass, initial atmospheric mass fraction, and equilibrium temperature. The calculations were performed both for model planets with specified parameters and for HD 207496b, taking into account previously unstudied factors such as the radiogenic heat source and the evolution of the host star. The strong dependence of the loss of the primary atmosphere on the water content in the planet interiors of mini-Neptunes was confirmed. The significant influence of the early evolutionary stages of the host stars on the history of their primary gas envelopes was demonstrated. It has been shown that the heat flow due to the presence of radionuclides (including aluminum-26) in the silicate mantle of mini-Neptunes has almost no effect on the process of loss of the primary gas envelope, provided that the content of radionuclides corresponds to the content of chondrite matter in the early Solar System.</p>","PeriodicalId":778,"journal":{"name":"Solar System Research","volume":"60 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1134/S0038094626600095.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147737766","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. A. Kossova, D. A. Belyaev, E. D. Starichenko, A. S. Medvedev, J. Alday, A. Trokhimovskiy, A. A. Fedorova, F. Montmessin, O. I. Korablev
{"title":"Wave-Induced Eddy Diffusion and the Turbopause Height in the Martian Atmosphere","authors":"D. A. Kossova, D. A. Belyaev, E. D. Starichenko, A. S. Medvedev, J. Alday, A. Trokhimovskiy, A. A. Fedorova, F. Montmessin, O. I. Korablev","doi":"10.1134/S0038094626600186","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0038094626600186","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this paper, we examine the altitudes of the middle and upper atmosphere of Mars, specifically the mesospheric–thermospheric range of 80–140 km. These altitudes include a transition zone called the turbopause, where the diffusion regime of atmospheric parcels changes from turbulent to molecular. Variations of the turbopause altitude and temperature are influenced by seasonal variability and vertical energy transfer due to global circulation and atmospheric gravity waves. Our research is based on the analysis of temperature and CO<sub>2</sub> density vertical profiles measured during solar occultations by the Atmospheric Chemistry Suite (ACS) on board the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) of the ExoMars-2016 mission. The statistics of the analyzed profiles cover seasons spanning 3.5 Martian years (MY), from the middle of MY 34 (May 2018) to the end of MY 37 (November 2024), with atmospheric altitudes ranging from 10 to 170 km. Based on the processed vertical wave profiles, the coefficients of molecular and turbulent diffusion were estimated assuming saturated gravity waves. The derived turbopause height varies from 90 km at aphelion to 135 km at perihelion with its CO<sub>2</sub> density ranging from 10<sup>10</sup> to 10<sup>12</sup> cm<sup>–3</sup> and diffusion coefficients ranging between 10<sup>6</sup> and 5 × 10<sup>7</sup> cm<sup>2</sup>/s. The estimated average wave-induced phase wind speed is 43 m/s while the mean-square thermal speed is 270 m/s at the turbopause layer. The obtained results could be utilized to refine circulation models in calculations of vertical parcel transport in the upper atmosphere.</p>","PeriodicalId":778,"journal":{"name":"Solar System Research","volume":"60 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1134/S0038094626600186.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147737415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. A. Zubko, N. A. Eismont, K. S. Fedyaev, O. S. Chernenko, M. V. Pupkov
{"title":"Multiple Flybys of Venus Co-orbital Asteroids using Resonant Orbits and Gravity Assist Maneuvers","authors":"V. A. Zubko, N. A. Eismont, K. S. Fedyaev, O. S. Chernenko, M. V. Pupkov","doi":"10.1134/S0038094625601367","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0038094625601367","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Flyby schemes for asteroids in orbital resonance with Venus are considered. The possibility of organizing multiple approaches of a spacecraft to such asteroids while moving along heliocentric orbits resonant with the orbit of Venus in a 1 : 1 ratio is demonstrated. Of the twenty known co-orbital asteroids, it was possible to flyby ten that are in short-term resonance orbits and periodically approach Venus. To circumvent the limitation associated with the complexity of momentum-free capture of a spacecraft into a permanent orbital resonance with a planet, combined schemes have been proposed. In these schemes, the spacecraft, with each approach to Venus, transitions between different resonant orbits, which allows it to alternate flybys of a co-orbital asteroid with approaches to near-Earth asteroids, including potentially hazardous ones. This approach ensures effective control of the spacecraft’s trajectory through gravity assist maneuvers and also increases the scientific significance of the mission as a whole.</p>","PeriodicalId":778,"journal":{"name":"Solar System Research","volume":"60 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147561009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study of the Structure of Orbital Perturbations of Near-Earth Asteroids Approaching Jupiter","authors":"T. Yu. Galushina, O. N. Letner, D. Yu. Kuleshov","doi":"10.1134/S0038094626600149","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0038094626600149","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper is devoted to the study of the structure of orbital perturbations for the previously identified 1408 asteroids approaching the Earth and Jupiter. The results showed that when predicting the motion of the asteroids being studied, it is necessary to take into account the gravitational influence of the planets, the Moon, Ceres, Pallas and Vesta, the relativistic effects of the Sun and the oblateness of the Sun. Radiation pressure has a significant effect on the motion of approximately half of the asteroids with known physical parameters. Evaluation of the influence of the Yarkovsky effect on the motion of objects with a known parameter <i>A</i><sub>2</sub> showed that this disturbance is significant and requires consideration when studying the motion of these asteroids. For 1404 objects we obtained numerical estimates of the parameter <i>A</i><sub>2</sub>, performed using an automatic procedure implemented in the IDA software package. The estimates obtained can be divided into two groups: 71% of asteroids have an observation arc of less than 300 days, for them the estimate of <i>A</i><sub>2</sub> most often is overstated. The objects of the second group are characterized by a well-defined orbit, the values of the parameter <i>A</i><sub>2</sub> obtained for them correspond to analytical estimates.</p>","PeriodicalId":778,"journal":{"name":"Solar System Research","volume":"60 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147561003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Peculiarities of Charging and Motion of Dust Grains Ejected from the Surfaces of Phobos and Deimos","authors":"N. Borisov","doi":"10.1134/S0038094626600113","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0038094626600113","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Dust grains charging in the regions with strong electric potentials (magnetosheath and the wake of Mars) is discussed. It is shown that the stationary state (that corresponds to the absence of electric currents onto a dust grain) is determined by the sum of a given potential in space and the potential of a dust grain induced by its electric charge. It is argued that the absolute value of the electric charge can be strong enough (positive or negative). The motion of such strongly charged grains in the electric fields is discussed. It is shown that dust grains ejected from the surface of Phobos begin to oscillate in the vertical and radial directions with increasing amplitude due to specific resonance quickly occupying significant volume.</p>","PeriodicalId":778,"journal":{"name":"Solar System Research","volume":"60 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147561002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Yu. Merkulova, V. S. Cheptsov, T. N. Lubkova, O. R. Filatova, A. K. Pavlov, O. Yu. Drozdova, A. E. Chumikov, V. N. Lomasov
{"title":"Effect of Temperature on Sodium Perchlorate Radiolysis under Extraterrestrial Conditions","authors":"A. Yu. Merkulova, V. S. Cheptsov, T. N. Lubkova, O. R. Filatova, A. K. Pavlov, O. Yu. Drozdova, A. E. Chumikov, V. N. Lomasov","doi":"10.1134/S0038094625601069","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0038094625601069","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Perchlorates have been found in the regolith of Mars and the Moon, in Europa’s ice, and in meteorites. Understanding how these compounds are destroyed at different temperatures is important for revealing the geological and climatic evolution of the planets and other bodies in the Solar System, as well as assessing their habitability. Here, we present the results of experiments on the radiolysis of sodium perchlorate NaClO<sub>4</sub> at temperatures of 133 and 208 K. As the temperature increases, our results show that the amount of perchlorate destroyed and the radiolysis effectiveness increase. We detected the formation of secondary chlorine-containing products (NaClO<sub>3</sub>, NaClO<sub>2</sub>, and NaCl). NaClO<sub>3</sub> was the predominant product, while NaClO<sub>2</sub> and NaCl were only detected at the higher temperature of 208 K. The yields of NaClO<sub>3</sub> and NaCl increased with absorbed dose, whereas NaClO<sub>2</sub> decreased, indicating a dose-dependent formation of oxychlorine species in varying oxidation states during perchlorate decomposition. These findings provide insights into the pathways of perchlorate radiolysis and the temperature- and dose-dependent formation of secondary products relevant to planetary surfaces.</p>","PeriodicalId":778,"journal":{"name":"Solar System Research","volume":"60 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147336845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of Nongravitational Acceleration of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS","authors":"Yu. D. Medvedev, S. R. Pavlov, A. L. Tolstoi","doi":"10.1134/S0038094625601161","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0038094625601161","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Based on 5298 positional observations, we determined the radial, transversal, and normal components of the nongravitational accelerations <i>A</i><sub>1</sub>, <i>A</i><sub>2</sub>, and <i>A</i><sub>3</sub> within the framework of the Marsden model and we also estimated the corresponding quantities for the alternative dependences of the acceleration on heliocentric distance: 1/<i>r</i><sup>0</sup>, 1/<i>r</i><sup>2</sup>, 1/<i>r</i><sup>3</sup>, and 1/<i>r</i><sup>4</sup>. We have shown that all the nongravitational acceleration models considered, when determined simultaneously with the coordinates and velocities at the chosen epoch, yield almost the same level of agreement with observations—the only exception being the constant-acceleration model (1/<i>r</i><sup>0</sup>). Notably, the derived values of nongravitational accelerations exceed those characteristics of both Solar System comets and the first known interstellar comet, 2I/Borisov. In every model considered, the relationship <i>|A</i><sub>1</sub>|/|<i>A</i><sub>2</sub>| < 1 holds, meaning that the total nongravitational acceleration deviates markedly from the sunward direction, since the radial and transverse components are mutually perpendicular. This can be attributed either to rapid rotation of the nucleus or to pronounced inhomogeneity of its surface. For the dependencies proportional to 1/<i>r</i><sup>0</sup>, 1/<i>r</i><sup>3</sup>, and 1/<i>r</i><sup>4</sup>, as well as in the Marsden model, the value of the parameter <i>A</i><sub>1</sub> proves to be negative. An analysis of the O–C values (differences between the observed and calculated positions) revealed no statistically significant periodic variations. Using the inject-and-recover test, we estimated the upper limit on the amplitude of hypothetical periodic O–C variations, at which their period could be reliably recovered from the available observational data.</p>","PeriodicalId":778,"journal":{"name":"Solar System Research","volume":"60 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147336383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. A. Voropaev, V. S. Fedulov, N. V. Dushenko, A. V. Minaev
{"title":"Evaluation of IR Spectra of Mixtures of Natural Ca-Plagioclases and Olivines for Remote Determination of Composition","authors":"S. A. Voropaev, V. S. Fedulov, N. V. Dushenko, A. V. Minaev","doi":"10.1134/S0038094625601070","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0038094625601070","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The features of the IR spectra (mid-IR range) for mixtures of the main minerals of lunar rocks—olivines and Ca-plagioclases (anorthites)—were studied, which complicate the possibility of remote determination of the composition. A comparison was made between numerical models constructed using the CUSTEP software module (Biovia Materials Studio software) and measurements of natural samples using IR spectra. For these purposes, a Fourier spectrometer FT-801 and the double-pass method (Simex, Novosibirsk) were used. Numerical calculations revealed characteristic absorption lines of pure minerals (end members of solid melts), which made it possible, in comparison with the spectra of natural samples, to determine the influence of chemical composition and impurities. IR transmission spectra of experimental mixtures of anorthite and olivine with different proportions made it possible to identify the most characteristic signs of the presence of olivines in Ca-plagioclase powder. Estimates have been made of the corresponding changes in the diffuse reflectance spectra, which are important for the interpretation of measurements by instruments being prepared for operation on planned lunar orbital stations.</p>","PeriodicalId":778,"journal":{"name":"Solar System Research","volume":"60 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147336384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}