论文标题
Spitzer的小行星,行星和黄道云的太阳系研究
Spitzer's Solar System studies of asteroids, planets and the zodiacal cloud
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论文摘要
在其16年的科学测量中,Spitzer太空望远镜对太阳系对象进行了许多突破性的红外测量。在两篇论文中的第二篇中,我们描述了小行星观察到小行星,尘埃和行星的结果,这些结果为我们的太阳系的形成和演变提供了新的见解。此处介绍的关键Spitzer结果可以分为三个宽类:表征小行星的物理特性,特别是包括对近地球物体的大量调查;太阳系中几个灰尘/碎屑盘的检测和表征;冰巨人(天王星,海王星)大气的全面表征。这些观察中的许多观察结果为未来的红外空间观测提供了关键的基础。
In its 16 years of scientific measurements, the Spitzer Space Telescope performed a number of ground-breaking infrared measurements of Solar System objects. In this second of two papers, we describe results from Spitzer observations of asteroids, dust rings, and planets that provide new insight into the formation and evolution of our Solar System. The key Spitzer results presented here can be grouped into three broad classes: characterizing the physical properties of asteroids, notably including a large survey of Near Earth Objects; detection and characterization of several dust/debris disks in the Solar System; and comprehensive characterization of ice giant (Uranus, Neptune) atmospheres. Many of these observations provide critical foundations for future infrared space-based observations.