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Morphometry and Temperature of Simple Craters in Mercury’s Northern Hemisphere: Implications for Stability of Water Ice
The Planetary Science Journal Pub Date : 2021-05-13 , DOI: 10.3847/psj/abf4ca
Hannah C. M. Susorney 1 , Carolyn M. Ernst 2 , Nancy L. Chabot 2 , Ariel N. Deutsch 3 , Olivier S. Barnouin 2
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Multiple lines of evidence support the hypothesis that Mercury’s polar regions host deposits of water ice in permanently shadowed regions, often within the interiors of craters. Pre-MErcury, Surface, Space, ENvironment, GEochemisty, and Ranging (MESSENGER) thermal modeling of the temperature of idealized simple craters found that the interiors of these craters were too hot to host near-surface ice on geologic timescales unless within 2 of the poles. However, results from the Arecibo Observatory and the MESSENGER mission identified many small, <10 km diameter, simple craters that host radar-bright deposits located considerably farther than 2 from the pole. Here we investigate the location and morphometry of north polar craters with diameters of 5–10 km and find that the craters were, on average, 30% shallower than the idealized simple crater morphometry assumed in previous thermal studies. The craters that host radar-bright deposits have an asymmetric longitudinal distribution that cannot be fully explained by the thermal environment and may be related to the original water ice deposition. We also investigate the maximum and average temperatures of the shadowed regions in these craters and find that many of them possess temperatures that allow water ice to be stable under a thermally insulating layer on geologic timescales outside of 2 from the pole. Thus, while the presence of radar-bright deposits in 5–10 km craters is not necessarily a constraint on the stability of the deposits, it provides additional information on the distribution and deposition of the water ice.



中文翻译:

水星北半球简单陨石坑的形态和温度:对水冰稳定性的影响

多条证据支持这样一种假设,即水星的极地地区在永久阴影区域(通常在陨石坑内部)有水冰沉积物。水银之前、表面、空间、环境、地球化学和测距 (MESSENGER) 对理想化简单陨石坑温度的热建模发现,这些陨石坑的内部太热,无法在地质时间尺度上容纳近地表冰,除非在 2极点。然而,阿雷西博天文台和信使号任务的结果发现了许多直径小于 10 公里的简单陨石坑,这些陨石坑中分布着距离极点远 2 倍的雷达亮度沉积物。在这里,我们调查了直径为 5-10 公里的北极陨石坑的位置和形态测量,发现这些陨石坑平均而言,比之前的热研究中假设的理想化的简单陨石坑形态测量法浅 30%。拥有雷达亮沉积物的陨石坑具有不对称的纵向分布,热环境无法完全解释,可能与原始水冰沉积有关。我们还调查了这些陨石坑中阴影区域的最高和平均温度,发现其中许多具有允许水冰在距离极地 2 以外的地质时间尺度上的绝热层下保持稳定的温度。因此,虽然 5 至 10 公里陨石坑中雷达明亮沉积物的存在不一定会限制沉积物的稳定性,但它提供了有关水冰分布和沉积的额外信息。拥有雷达亮沉积物的陨石坑具有不对称的纵向分布,热环境无法完全解释,可能与原始水冰沉积有关。我们还调查了这些陨石坑中阴影区域的最高和平均温度,发现其中许多具有允许水冰在距离极地 2 以外的地质时间尺度上的绝热层下保持稳定的温度。因此,虽然 5 至 10 公里陨石坑中雷达明亮沉积物的存在不一定会限制沉积物的稳定性,但它提供了有关水冰分布和沉积的额外信息。拥有雷达亮沉积物的陨石坑具有不对称的纵向分布,热环境无法完全解释,可能与原始水冰沉积有关。我们还调查了这些陨石坑中阴影区域的最高和平均温度,发现其中许多具有允许水冰在距离极地 2 以外的地质时间尺度上的绝热层下保持稳定的温度。因此,虽然 5 至 10 公里陨石坑中雷达明亮沉积物的存在不一定会限制沉积物的稳定性,但它提供了有关水冰分布和沉积的额外信息。

更新日期:2021-05-13
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