DOI: 10.1002/2017JE005333
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85045377673
论文题名: The Origin of the Moon Within a Terrestrial Synestia
作者: Lock S.J. ; Stewart S.T. ; Petaev M.I. ; Leinhardt Z. ; Mace M.T. ; Jacobsen S.B. ; Cuk M.
刊名: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
ISSN: 21699097
出版年: 2018
卷: 123, 期: 4 起始页码: 910
结束页码: 951
语种: 英语
英文关键词: angular momentum
; giant impact
; isotopic equilibration
; lunar accretion
; lunar chemistry
; volatile elements
Scopus关键词: accretion
; angular momentum
; geochemistry
; Moon
; vaporization
; volatile element
英文摘要: The giant impact hypothesis remains the leading theory for lunar origin. However, current models struggle to explain the Moon's composition and isotopic similarity with Earth. Here we present a new lunar origin model. High-energy, high-angular-momentum giant impacts can create a post-impact structure that exceeds the corotation limit, which defines the hottest thermal state and angular momentum possible for a corotating body. In a typical super-corotation-limit body, traditional definitions of mantle, atmosphere, and disk are not appropriate, and the body forms a new type of planetary structure, named a synestia. Using simulations of cooling synestias combined with dynamic, thermodynamic, and geochemical calculations, we show that satellite formation from a synestia can produce the main features of our Moon. We find that cooling drives mixing of the structure, and condensation generates moonlets that orbit within the synestia, surrounded by tens of bars of bulk silicate Earth vapor. The moonlets and growing moon are heated by the vapor until the first major element (Si) begins to vaporize and buffer the temperature. Moonlets equilibrate with bulk silicate Earth vapor at the temperature of silicate vaporization and the pressure of the structure, establishing the lunar isotopic composition and pattern of moderately volatile elements. Eventually, the cooling synestia recedes within the lunar orbit, terminating the main stage of lunar accretion. Our model shifts the paradigm for lunar origin from specifying a certain impact scenario to achieving a Moon-forming synestia. Giant impacts that produce potential Moon-forming synestias were common at the end of terrestrial planet formation. ©2018. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/114137
Appears in Collections: 气候减缓与适应
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作者单位: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States; Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States; School of Physics, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom; SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA, United States
Recommended Citation:
Lock S.J.,Stewart S.T.,Petaev M.I.,et al. The Origin of the Moon Within a Terrestrial Synestia[J]. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets,2018-01-01,123(4)