{"title":"Radiolysis as a Possible Mechanism for Perchlorate Synthesis on Mars and Europa","authors":"D. V. Belousov, V. S. Cheptsov, A. K. Pavlov","doi":"10.1134/S0038094624700126","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0038094624700126","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Perchlorates have been found in the regolith of Mars and the Moon, in the ice of Europa, and in meteorites. Studying the processes of formation and destruction of these compounds is important both for understanding the geological and climatic evolution of a number of planets and bodies of the Solar System, and for assessing their habitability. To date, a number of processes for the synthesis of perchlorates under Martian conditions have been proposed, but these do not explain the perchlorate concentrations observed in the regolith and are not applicable to atmosphereless bodies, in particular Europa. We have studied the processes of synthesis and destruction of perchlorates during irradiation of ice and regolith models with high-energy electrons under conditions of low temperature (–50°C) and in the absence of an atmosphere (at a pressure of 0.01 mbar). The data obtained indicate that perchlorates can be efficiently synthesized in the regolith of Mars and the surface layer of Europa ice under the influence of irradiation in the absence of a liquid phase or an atmosphere.</p>","PeriodicalId":778,"journal":{"name":"Solar System Research","volume":"58 3","pages":"276 - 281"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141150768","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}
V. D. Borzosekov, N. S. Akhmadullina, A. S. Sokolov, T. E. Gayanova, A. D. Rezaeva, V. D. Stepakhin, E. M. Konchekov, D. V. Malakhov, E. V. Voronova, I. R. Nugaev, V. P. Logvinenko, A. V. Knyazev, A. A. Letunov, D. E. Kharlachev, E. A. Obraztsova, T. I. Morozova, M. A. Zaitsev, A. V. Ishchenko, I. A. Weinstein, V. I. Grohovsky, O. N. Shishilov, N. N. Skvortsova
{"title":"Obtaining Plasma–Dust Clouds from Meteoritic Matter, its Analogs and Simulants of Lunar Regolith Using Microwave Discharge","authors":"V. D. Borzosekov, N. S. Akhmadullina, A. S. Sokolov, T. E. Gayanova, A. D. Rezaeva, V. D. Stepakhin, E. M. Konchekov, D. V. Malakhov, E. V. Voronova, I. R. Nugaev, V. P. Logvinenko, A. V. Knyazev, A. A. Letunov, D. E. Kharlachev, E. A. Obraztsova, T. I. Morozova, M. A. Zaitsev, A. V. Ishchenko, I. A. Weinstein, V. I. Grohovsky, O. N. Shishilov, N. N. Skvortsova","doi":"10.1134/S0038094624700138","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0038094624700138","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In the experiment, plasma–dust clouds were obtained from the substance of the Tsarev meteorite, a simulant of lunar regolith LMS-1D and ilmenite concentrate using a microwave discharge in powder media. For each of the samples, the dynamics of the development of the discharge and the formation of a plasma–dust cloud with subsequent relaxation after the end of the microwave pulse were recorded. From the emission spectra of the plasma and the surface of a solid body, the temperatures of the gas, electrons and surface were determined. A comparison of the phase and elemental composition of the initial samples and samples after exposure to plasma showed that there is no significant change in the composition. However, scanning electron microscopy results clearly indicate spheroidization of the original angular and irregularly shaped particles. The appearance of spherical particles is also observed, the dimensions of which are larger than the linear dimensions of the particles in the original sample. The results obtained indicate the possibility of using such experiments to study chemical and plasma-chemical processes of synthesis and modification of substances under conditions of plasma–dust clouds encountered in space phenomena.</p>","PeriodicalId":778,"journal":{"name":"Solar System Research","volume":"58 3","pages":"289 - 314"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1134/S0038094624700138.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141121368","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}
{"title":"Features of Space Debris Migration in the Earth–Moon System","authors":"T. V. Salnikova, E. I. Kugushev","doi":"10.1134/S0038094624700199","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0038094624700199","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The possibility of capturing and releasing cosmic masses is considered within the framework of a plane hyperbolic three-body problem, as well as within the framework of a plane parabolic three-body problem. A mathematical model is proposed that allows us to explain the formation of nonspherical satellites of planets, similar to the Martian satellites Phobos and Deimos, due to the interception or exchange of cosmic masses, and also allows us to understand why there is no space debris of extraterrestrial origin in near-Earth and lunar space. The effect of accumulation of artificial debris in the Earth–Moon system is being studied. The present study is based on a numerical and analytical analysis of certain Chazy classification schemes for final motions in the three-body problem. The three-body boundary value problem is considered, the possibility of the existence of a solution to this problem is shown, and the conditions for the final hyperbolic-ellipticity of motion are obtained. The analytical results are illustrated by numerical simulations.</p>","PeriodicalId":778,"journal":{"name":"Solar System Research","volume":"58 3","pages":"353 - 358"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141121696","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":"Potentially Primary Xenon Components in Nanodiamond-Enriched Meteorite Fractions: New Isotopic Compositions and Carrier Phases","authors":"A. V. Fisenko, L. F. Semenova, T. A. Pavlova","doi":"10.1134/S0038094623700065","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0038094623700065","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The potential primary component composition of xenon in nanodiamond-enriched fractions (NDFs) of meteorites was determined under the assumption that it contains two almost normal, but different isotopic components (Xe-P3 and Xe-P3n). The Xe-P3n component is contained in the individual population of diamond grains, while the Xe-P3 component is contained in diamond-like rims on the diamond grains. The presence of the Xe-P3n component made it possible to use radioactive products of the classical r-process of nucleosynthesis during a type II supernova explosion to form, according to the hypothesis of Ott (1996), two xenon components with an anomalous isotopic composition (Xe-pr1n and Xe-pr2n) without an increased isotope content of <sup>132</sup>Xe relative to the isotope content of <sup>136</sup>Xe. It is assumed that the implantation (sorption) of isotopes of the Xe-pr1n and Xe-pr2n components into their carrier phases probably occurred in turbulent mixing zones of different compositions in the outer and inner shells of a type II supernova after its explosion. The Xe-pr1n component is contained in an individual population of nanodiamond grains, while the Xe-pr2n carrier phase is first suggested to be SiC-X grains, the evolution of which is associated with a type II supernova. Therefore, when SiC-X grains are destroyed, for example, under laboratory conditions, a mixture of Xe-S and Xe-pr2n components is released, which we denote as Xe-X. Thus, according to the concept we proposed, the primary component composition of xenon consists, in addition to Xe-S, of Xe-P3, Xe-P3n, Xe-pr1n and Xe-X, contained in different individual carrier phases. Successful calculations of the abundances of these components in the NDF of such different meteorites as Murchison CM2 and Allende CV3 and their analysis have shown that the above components may be real components.</p>","PeriodicalId":778,"journal":{"name":"Solar System Research","volume":"58 2","pages":"240 - 249"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141150668","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":"Gaia Data Release 3: Distribution of Spectral Groups of Near-Earth Asteroids","authors":"M. P. Shcherbina, D. A. Kovaleva, B. M. Shustov","doi":"10.1134/S0038094624700205","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0038094624700205","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Based on the data from the third edition of the Gaia catalog, containing the reflectance spectra of asteroids, studies of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) were carried out. The reflectance spectra of about 100 representatives of the Aten, Apollo and Amor groups were used to determine their spectral class. For 47 asteroids such an assessment was made for the first time. For convenience, the classes were grouped into broader spectral groups (according to Tholen). The distribution by spectral groups (average 60% S-group, 20% C-group, 20% others) was consistent with results obtained previously using other data from a larger sample of objects. This distribution remains similar to what is known for NEAs of different sizes. Despite the numerical predominance of group S asteroids in the NEA data sample, asteroids of primitive types (group C) are also found at very small perihelion distances, which can indirectly confirm the widespread occurrence of the phenomenon of sublimation activity of asteroids.</p>","PeriodicalId":778,"journal":{"name":"Solar System Research","volume":"58 3","pages":"359 - 366"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141121143","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}
Y. Kylivnyk, A. S. Petrosyan, A. A. Fedorova, O. I. Korablev
{"title":"One-Dimensional Model of Vertical Transport of Chemical Components in the Mars Atmosphere up to the Lower Thermosphere","authors":"Y. Kylivnyk, A. S. Petrosyan, A. A. Fedorova, O. I. Korablev","doi":"10.1134/S0038094623700041","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0038094623700041","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study is devoted to the analysis of transport of chemical components of the Mars atmosphere. We investigate the turbulent diffusion of chemical components of the Mars atmosphere. To solve this problem in the approximation of diffusion of the minor component, we composed the continuity equation and the corresponding difference scheme. We formulated the boundary conditions in accordance with the available experimental and theoretical data and obtained the required temperature and pressure profiles. For simulation, we chose two models of turbulent diffusion, which were used in subsequent calculations. The simulation was performed using the modified Newton method. The models showed significant differences in the distribution of minor components of the atmosphere, in particular, hydrogen-containing molecules, which indicates the importance of choosing a model for describing turbulent diffusion when constructing a one-dimensional photochemical model of the atmosphere.</p>","PeriodicalId":778,"journal":{"name":"Solar System Research","volume":"58 2","pages":"187 - 195"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141150674","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":"On the Influence of the Rayleigh–Taylor Instability on the Formation of Dust Clouds in the Mesosphere of Mars","authors":"Yu. S. Reznichenko, A. Yu. Dubinskii, S. I. Popel","doi":"10.1134/S0038094624700187","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0038094624700187","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A theoretical model is presented that describes the settling regime of plasma-dust clouds in the mesosphere of Mars. The values of the characteristic sizes of cloud dust particles predicted by the model are calculated. It is shown that an important factor influencing the formation of plasma-dust structures in the Martian atmosphere is the Rayleigh–Taylor instability, which limits (from above) the permissible sizes of dust particles in the cloud.</p>","PeriodicalId":778,"journal":{"name":"Solar System Research","volume":"58 3","pages":"263 - 268"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141120784","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":"The Influence of the Exosphere of an Active Asteroid on the Polarization of Scattered Light and the Possibility of Estimating Its Properties from Ground-Based Measurements","authors":"E. V. Petrova","doi":"10.1134/S0038094623700016","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0038094623700016","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Celestial bodies which have orbital and physical characteristics typical of asteroids, but episodically exhibit the signs of cometary activity are of particular interest, because the knowledge of the nature of these bodies is necessary to understand the processes of how the Solar System formed and how water was delivered to the terrestrial planets. In the estimation of the properties of an exosphere of an active asteroid (AA) from remote-sensing data, polarimetry can play a prominent role, since the polarization of scattered light is sensitive to the properties of particles in the medium. Numerical simulations of the light scattering by particles in the exosphere around an AA have shown that, depending on the wavelength of the scattered light, the refractive index of particles, and their morphology, the light scattering in the exosphere may both weaken the polarization of light reflected by the surface and enhance it. At the same time, the spectral gradient of polarization may change both towards larger positive values and towards negative ones. At phase angles less than 30°, which are typical of observations of the Main-belt asteroids, the changes in the polarization induced by scattering in the exosphere are small and vary only slightly for particles of different properties. Nevertheless, if the polarizations of light reflected by an asteroid changes relative to the canonical values, this may indicate the presence of the exosphere. At larger phase angles, the influence of scattering in the exosphere on the polarization of an AA is more noticeable, which makes the use of polarimetry promising for studying activity of near-Earth asteroids. This effect should also be taken into account when estimating the albedo of an asteroid by the polarization maximum (according to the Umov law), if a manifestation of activity in this particular asteroid can be expected.</p>","PeriodicalId":778,"journal":{"name":"Solar System Research","volume":"58 2","pages":"196 - 207"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141150669","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":"Manifestations of Anomalous Dissipation in Dusty Plasma in the Solar System: Atmosphereless Cosmic Bodies","authors":"S. I. Popel, L. M. Zelenyi","doi":"10.1134/S003809462370003X","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S003809462370003X","url":null,"abstract":"<p>One of the main features that distinguishes dusty plasma from ordinary (not containing charged dust particles) plasma is anomalous dissipation associated with the process of charging dust particles, leading to new physical phenomena, effects and mechanisms. The process of anomalous dissipation is considered in the context of describing the dynamics of dust particles in the dusty plasma of atmosphereless bodies of the Solar System. A description of the oscillations of a dust particle over the surfaces of Mercury, the Moon, and the Martian satellites Phobos and Deimos is presented, the attenuation of which is determined by the charging frequency of the dust particles, which characterizes anomalous dissipation. The possibility of using an approach that takes into account anomalous dissipation to describe plasma-dust processes in the vicinity of comets is discussed. It is shown that anomalous dissipation plays a significant role in determining the possibility of using the model of levitating dust particles in describing dusty plasma over the surfaces of atmosphereless bodies of the Solar System. The results of numerical calculations are presented, confirming the possibility of using this model for a number of atmospherelesso cosmic bodies.</p>","PeriodicalId":778,"journal":{"name":"Solar System Research","volume":"58 2","pages":"220 - 239"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141150712","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":"Disturbances in the Rotational Dynamics of Asteroid (99942) Apophis at its Approach to the Earth in 2029","authors":"K. S. Lobanova, A. V. Melnikov","doi":"10.1134/S0038094623700107","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0038094623700107","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Using numerical modeling of the rotational dynamics of asteroid (99942) Apophis, the disturbances that occur in the rotational motion of asteroids during their close approaches to the Earth were studied. Such events can lead to significant changes in the speed of the asteroid’s own rotation and the orientation of its rotation axis in space. Assuming that the figure of Apophis is approximated by a triaxial ellipsoid, the dependences of changes in the rotation period of an asteroid on the parameters of the orbit and its rotational state before approaching the Earth were studied. It has been established that the rotation period of Apophis, which is currently about 30 h, may change due to the next approach to Earth in 2029 very significantly—to 10–15 h; in numerical experiments, both acceleration and deceleration of the asteroid’s rotation were observed. Perturbations in the rotational motion of the asteroid noticeably affect its further orbital dynamics as a result of changes in the magnitude of the Yarkovsky effect. It was concluded that as a result of close approach, the average rate of change of the semimajor axis of Apophis’s orbit caused by the Yarkovsky effect, which is currently about 200 m/year, may decrease to 160 m/year or increase to 300 m/year.</p>","PeriodicalId":778,"journal":{"name":"Solar System Research","volume":"58 2","pages":"208 - 219"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141150717","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}