کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1775172 1021186 2008 11 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Transfer of mass from Io to Europa and beyond due to cometary impacts
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه علوم زمین و سیارات علوم فضا و نجوم
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Transfer of mass from Io to Europa and beyond due to cometary impacts
چکیده انگلیسی

We simulate the production and orbital evolution of escaping ejecta due to cometary impacts on Io. The model includes the four Galilean satellites, Amalthea, Thebe, Jupiter's gravitational moments, Saturn and the Sun. Five scenarios are examined: an impact at the apex, the sub-jovian point, the anti-jovian point, the antapex, and at the south pole of Io. We estimate that on average a cometary impact injects thrice its mass (in the form of Io surface material) into jovicentric orbit. The majority of the escaping debris comes back to Io, but a sizeable fraction (between 5.0 and 8.7%) manages to reach Europa, and a smaller fraction Ganymede (between 1.5 and 4.6%). Smaller fractions reached Amalthea Thebe, Callisto, and Jupiter itself. For million year time scales, the mass transfer to Europa is estimated as 1.8–3.1×1014 g/Myr1.8–3.1×1014 g/Myr. The median time for transfer of ejecta from Io to Europa is ∼56 years.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Icarus - Volume 194, Issue 2, April 2008, Pages 636–646
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