DOI: | 10.1002/2015GL066502
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论文题名: | Modeling Europa's dust plumes |
作者: | Southworth B.S.; Kempf S.; Schmidt J.
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刊名: | Geophysical Research Letters
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ISSN: | 0094-8320
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EISSN: | 1944-8051
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出版年: | 2015
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卷: | 42, 期:24 | 起始页码: | 10541
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结束页码: | 10548
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语种: | 英语
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英文关键词: | dust
; Europa
; plume
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Scopus关键词: | Manned space flight
; NASA
; Space flight
; Enceladus plume
; Europa
; Galilean moons
; Interior sources
; Particle number density
; Plume
; Sub-surface ocean
; Surface deposition
; Dust
; dust
; Enceladus
; Europa
; flux measurement
; Galileo (spacecraft)
; ice
; Jupiter
; particulate flux
; planetary atmosphere
; plume
; water vapor
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英文摘要: | The discovery of Jupiter's moon Europa maintaining a probably sporadic water vapor plume constitutes a huge scientific opportunity for NASA's upcoming mission to this Galilean moon. Measuring properties of material emerging from interior sources offers a unique chance to understand conditions at Europa's subsurface ocean. Exploiting results obtained for the Enceladus plume, we simulate possible Europa plume configurations, analyze particle number density and surface deposition results, and estimate the expected flux of ice grains on a spacecraft. Due to Europa's high escape speed, observing an active plume will require low-altitude flybys, preferably at altitudes of 5-100 km. At higher altitudes a plume may escape detection. Our simulations provide an extensive library documenting the possible structure of Europa dust plumes, which can be quickly refined as more data on Europa dust plumes are collected. © 2015. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. |
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资源类型: | 期刊论文
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标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/7936
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Appears in Collections: | 科学计划与规划 气候变化与战略
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作者单位: | Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
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Recommended Citation: |
Southworth B.S.,Kempf S.,Schmidt J.. Modeling Europa's dust plumes[J]. Geophysical Research Letters,2015-01-01,42(24).
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