月球极区冻结模拟月壤物理力学特性研究

近年来越来越多的探测结果表明,月球极区永久阴影区月壤中存在水冰。水是人类赖以生存的化学物质,也是理解月球独特的形成与演化过程的关键环节。因此,各航天大国均将月球极区作为探月工程的重要目标。冻结月壤的导热系数和单轴抗压强度是月球极区原位探测取样的基础和关键参数。本研究采用低温试验研究了冻结模拟月壤的导热系数和单轴抗压强度。结果表明：冻结模拟月壤导热系数随含水率增大而线性增大,冻结模拟月壤的导热系数为0.2~1.3 W?m^-1?K^-1。冻结模拟月壤单轴压缩过程中发生脆性破坏,5%含水率冻结模拟月壤单轴抗压强度约为5 MPa,10%含水率冻结模拟月壤单轴抗压强度约为13 MPa。在初始加载阶段,干密度相同、含水率不同的冻结模拟月壤试样因微裂纹压密导致的应变量基本相同;在线弹性阶段,冻结模拟月壤有效弹性模量随含水率增大而增大,其主要原因是含水率增大使得月壤颗粒间的冻结强度增大;在破坏阶段,含水率较高的冻结模拟月壤表现出脆性破坏特征,含水率较低的冻结模拟月壤表现出更显著的塑性特征。研究结果将为月球永久阴影区水冰探测方案制定、探测器研制等提供基础的科学数据支撑。     

月球表面的环境特征

本文通过对月球探测资料和研究结果的系统分析,认为月球体积小、质量轻、离太阳较近(温度高)等因素是月球只有极为稀薄大气层的原因;论证了月球极地阴影区存在水冰的证据,并计算出水资源量约为66亿吨。研究了月壤中氦-3的含量与月壤颗粒大小、矿物组成、元素成分和结构特征的关系,并估算了氦-3的资源量;探讨了月球表面的反射率;综合分析了月球区域性磁场的形成机制。     

月面环境与月壤特性研究的主要问题探讨

月面环境与月壤特性是月球探测和月球科学研究的重要基础,对它们的研究一直在不断加深,本文对月球表面地形地貌、热环境以及月壤特性三个方面的研究现状进行了总结,初步分析了这三个方面研究目前存在的一些主要问题：（1）地形地貌对月球定量遥感的影响以及南极艾特肯（SPA）盆地等地貌单元的年代学划分和成因演化;（2）月面热辐射、月表物理温度和热流等月面热环境特征的进一步探测和全面分析,以及其对地球反照率变化的响应;（3）月壤形成演化过程及空间风化作用,月球极区氢富集机制和水冰探测,以及月球资源开发利用。     

月球第谷区域内“冻融地貌”的发现

随着月球探测的不断深入,月球上是否有水或水冰的存在已引起开展行星和月球研究的科学家们的高度关注。以往的研究多偏重于仪器的探测,以及极少量的样品测试分析,结果并不令人满意。我们通过对月球高分辨率的卫星影像资料的详细解析,从水和水冰形成的特有的地貌类型——冻融地貌入手,发现月球上存在大量由冻融作用产生的与地球相似的"冻融地貌"类型,主要有:冻融泥流、冻胀丘、冻胀脊、冻胀裂隙、热融塌陷、热融滑坡等,并且以哥白尼纪的第谷月坑及周边保留最多、最好和最完整。这些"冻融地貌"的发现,对探讨月球上是否曾经存在水或水冰,以及进一步开展月球形成演化等科学问题的研究具有重要意义。     

月球表面多种金属元素的分布特征初探

美国的"克莱门汀"(Clementine)和"月球探测者"(Lunar Prospector)号月球探测器,分别于1994和1998年完成了对月球形貌、水冰以及月球重力和磁场等物理参数的高精度、高分辨率探测。月球探测者号还利用伽马射线仪探测了月表层中铁、钛、铀、钍和钾等元素含量分布,这为进一步研究月球的空间与表面环境,月球的地形、地貌、地层与地质构造,月表土壤与岩石的分布、成分与成因,月球物理场特征,月球的内部结构、演化与成因提供了大量的科学数据和证据。根据"克莱门汀"和"月球探测者"号测得的数据,对月球表面金属钛、铁、镁、铀、钍、钾的分布进行分析,初步研究了这些金属元素分布与月球地貌的关系,计算各金属元素之间空间分布的相关系数,分析蕴藏这些金属资源地区的岩性及各种元素可能的来源。由此推测30亿年前月球内部逐渐固化,大量小行星对月表岩石频繁的撞击导致金属元素分布不均衡,使金属元素在月球高原地带普遍含量低于月海,同时也形成了现在我们看到的遍布月表的环形山。     

基于FDTD的月壤分层雷达探测正演模拟

“嫦娥三号”巡视器上搭载的测月雷达通过500 MHz频率的天线,对巡视路线上的月壳浅层结构进行剖面式观测,能探测到月球地底下30 m深土壤层的结构。为了更好地分析测月雷达的探测结果,文中对月壤分层进行正演模拟,月岩层的介电常数采用与“嫦娥三号”登月点位置最近的Apollo 15的电性参数近似代替,月壤的介电常数是一个和密度相关的值且随深度的变化而变化。根据以上参数建立模型,基于时域有限差分（FDTD）原理,利用GprMax对月壤分层结构进行模拟,建立的模型包括月表介电常数随深度变化二层模型和月岩层存在下界面三层模型,并对其波形特征进行分析,找到月壤层次划分的一般规律,对“嫦娥三号”测月雷达数据的分析提供理论依据。     

嫦娥二号卫星微波探测仪数据定标和处理结果

介绍了嫦娥二号(CE-2)与嫦娥一号(CE-1)搭载的微波探测仪(microwave radiometer, MRM)的不同之处, 给出其亮度温度的算法和地面定标系数, 并得到CE-2 MRM获得的全月亮度温度分布图.分析了亮温的数据规律, 并以此为基础归一化后比较了二者之间的数据差异.最后比较了不同取值的非线性系数对CE-2 MRM亮温定标结果产生的影响.结果表明: 目前CE-2 MRM数据在3GHz、19.35GHz和37GHz频率符合地基观测结果的范围, 同CE-1 MRM结果相比在月球低纬度地区(≤50°)差异在11K以内, 差异的主要原因是CE-2定标方法的改进以及定标方程中非线性项的引入, 而7.8GHz通道的数据异常表明该通道存在系统误差.      

中红外光谱在月球探测中的应用

硅酸盐矿物的中红外光谱一般具有明显的CF特征和Reststrahlen吸收带,这些特征都与硅酸盐的组成密切相关,可以作为判别其组成的指示特征。月球表面的主要矿物有辉石、斜长石、钛铁矿和橄榄石,其中除了钛铁矿以外,都属于硅酸盐的范畴。如果充分利用月球表面硅酸盐的红外光谱特征,即CF特征和Reststrahlen吸收带,将可以用于探测VIS-NIR光谱无法完成的探测目标:钙长石、橄榄石、石英和碱性长石等。如果在嫦娥工程的后续探测器(如轨道器、月球车或者软着陆平台)上搭载中红外光谱仪对月表物质进行探测,将有利于成功实现对月球表面的矿物和岩石的精确探测,这也将是我国首次采用中红外光谱探测仪对月球进行系统的矿物与岩石探测。     

月球探测中月面热环境影响的研究现状

在月球探测中,多光谱、热红外、被动微波辐射等探测技术被广泛应用于月表物质组分和物理特性的探测,也积累了大量探测数据。月球太阳辐照、月球表面温度、地球反照和内部热流等月面热环境的变化,改变了月表物质反射率、热发射率以及其他电磁学等基本性质,制约了探测数据的准确解译;同时,大幅度的太阳辐射强度和月面温度变化也直接威胁月面探测中巡视探测器和宇航员的安全。但是,目前月球表面热环境对探测活动的影响认识还比较欠缺,月面热环境的时空变化规律认识还不够充分,在实验研究不足的情况下对各种探测方式的影响缺乏系统的理解。结合月球探测的发展,进一步立足实验手段和探测结果,通过开展不同地形条件下月面太阳辐射和物理温度的时间变化和空间分布规律研究、探测数据与月面热环境参数时空匹配问题研究、建设具备类似物质组成和月面热环境特征的实验场地以及开展系统的热环境影响模拟实验研究,全面认识月面热环境参数的时空变化规律,探讨月面热环境对不同探测方式的影响将是月面热环境研究的重要内容。     

基于嫦娥二号卫星微波辐射计亮温数据反演月壤介电常数

月壤介电常数是当前月球微波遥感探测的基础, 是月壤厚度、成分等信息提取不可或缺的参数.为了实现全月介电常数反演, 通过对嫦娥二号卫星微波辐射计亮温数据进行时角校正, 得到同一时角的全月微波亮温图.全月微波亮温表现出随月球地形、月壤成分及纬度变化的特征.基于校正后的微波辐射亮温, 结合辐射传输模型, 通过解算相关参数, 反演得到3GHz频率下全月介电常数分布.其中, 月海地区的介电常数实部高于月陆地区, 且月球极地区域介电常数实部偏低; 而介电常数虚部则在月海区域和艾肯盆地较高.通过模拟月表介电常数实验对反演结果进行温度校正, 得到22℃下全月介电常数.将反演结果和月壤真实样品的介电常数测量值进行比较评价.结果表明介电常数实部相对误差都低于11%;虚部相对误差偏大, 但其差值最大仅为0.02.因此, 基于嫦娥二号卫星微波辐射计亮温数据反演月表介电常数的方法是可行的.      

月球磁学观测与研究进展

月球磁场观测一直是月球研究的重要内容。20世纪六七十年代,通过绕月小卫星、Apollo登月及返回样品等观测实验,月球磁学研究已取得一系列重要进展,九十年代末期Lunar Prospector（LP）获得了月球的全球磁异常分布图。本文主要评述前人已取得的重要进展,重点讨论月球样品的剩磁来源、月球磁场古强度和发电机争论及其月球演化意义。     

Advances in lunar exploration detectors

Due to the rapid development of modern science and technology, many advanced sensors have been put into use to explore our solar system, including the Moon. With the help of those detectors,we can retrieve more information to about the Moon‘ s composition and evolution. The Clementine (January, 1994), Lunar Prospector (January, 1998) and especially Smart-1 ( September, 2003) launched successively have demonstrated the next-generation planet exploration techniques. Now China has decided to send a probe to the Moon. So it is necessary to overview the development of detectors used for the scientific observation of the Moon. In this paper, some main instruments used to acquire geochemistry information are described, which include UV-VIS-NIR CCD imaging spectroscope, neutronray, gamma-ray, and X-ray spectrometers. Moreover, the payloads of China‘ s first lunar satellite are introduced briefly.     

Energy conversion evolution at lunar polar sites

Lunar polar environments have many advantages from the standpoint of energy supply to robotic and human surface bases. Sunlight is nearly continuous and always horizontal at peaks of perpetual light, while waste heat rejection is aided by the existence of cold, permanently shadowed regions nearby. In this paper a possible evolution of lunar polar energy systems will be described, beginning with small robotic photovoltaic landers and continuing into the development of increasingly powerful and diverse energy installations to provide not only electric power but also piped-in sunlight, air conditioning and high-temperature process heat.     

月球引力场和磁场探测新进展

简要地回顾了前苏联、美国探测月球引力场和磁场的历史,介绍了各国的探月计划;较详细地介绍和分析了美国克莱门汀(Clementine,Cl）和月球探测者(Lunar Prospector,LP)两艘飞船探测月球引力场和磁场的最新成果：Konopliv A S等根据月球探测者数据绘制的最新月球重力图(LP100j,月球正面n=90,背面n=60),Halekas J S等根据月球探测者电子反射测量数据绘制的第一张全月球磁场图,Zuber M T等根据克莱门汀数据制作的月球(自由空间和布格)重力异常图和月壳厚度图;提出了开展有关研究工作的几点建议。     

Petrogenesis and chronology of lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 4472: A KREEPy regolith breccia from the Moon

Northwest Africa (NWA) 4472 is a polymict lunar regolith meteorite. The sample is KREEP-rich (high concentrations of potassium, rare earth elements and phosphorus) and comprises a heterogeneous array of lithic and mineral fragments. These clasts and mineral fragments were sourced from a range of lunar rock types including the lunar High Magnesian Suite, the High Alkali Suite, KREEP basalts, mare basalts and a variety of impact crater environments. The KREEP-rich nature of NWA 4472 indicates that the sample was ejected from regolith on the nearside of the Moon in the Procellarum KREEP Terrane and we have used Lunar Prospector gamma-ray remote sensing data to show that the meteorite is most similar to (and most likely sourced from) regoliths adjacent to the Imbrium impact basin.U-Pb and Pb-Pb age dates of NWA 4472 phosphate phases reveal that the breccia has sampled Pre-Nectarian (4.35 Ga) rocks related to early episodes of KREEP driven magmatism. Some younger phosphate U-Pb and Pb-Pb age dates are likely indicative of impact resetting events at 3.9-4 Ga, consistent with the suggested timing of basin formation on the Moon. Our study also shows that NWA 4472 has sampled impact melts and glass with an alkali-depleted, incompatible trace element-rich (high Sc, low Rb/Th ratios, low K) compositional signature not related to typical Apollo high-K KREEP, or that sampled by KREEPy lunar meteorite Sayh al Uhaymir (SaU) 169. This provides evidence that there are numerous sources of KREEP-rich protoliths on the Moon.     

Lunar surface geochemistry: Global concentrations of Th, K, and FeO as derived from lunar prospector and Clementine data

Accurate estimates of global concentrations of Th, K, and FeO have an important bearing on understanding the bulk chemistry and geologic evolution of the Moon. We present empirical ground-truth calibrations (transformations) for Lunar Prospector gamma-ray spectrometer data (K and Th) and a modified algorithm for deriving FeO concentrations from Clementine spectral reflectance data that incorporates an adjustment for TiO₂ content. The average composition of soil samples for individual landing sites is used as ground-truth for remotely sensed data. Among the Apollo and Luna sites, Apollo 12 and 14 provide controls for the incompatible-element-rich compositions, Apollo 16 and Luna 20 provide controls for the feldspathic and incompatible-element-poor compositions, and Apollo 11, 15, and 17, and Luna 16 and 24 provide controls for Fe-rich compositions. In addition to these Apollo and Luna sample data we include the composition of the feldspathic lunar meteorites as a proxy for the northern farside highlands to extend the range of the calibration points, thus providing an additional anorthositic end-member composition. These empirical ground-truth calibrations for Lunar Prospector Th and K provide self consistency between the existing derived data and lunar-sample data. Clementine spectral-reflectance data are used to construct a TiO₂-sensitive FeO calibration that yields higher FeO concentrations in areas of high-Fe, low-Ti, mare-basalt-rich surfaces than previous FeO algorithms. The data set so derived is consistent with known sample compositions and regolith mixing relationships.     

The Moon 35 years after Apollo: What's left to learn?

With the cancellation of the Apollo program after Apollo 17 returned from the Moon in 1972, the focus of NASA switched to other areas of the Solar System. Study of the Moon did continue through analysis of the returned samples and remotely sensed data sets (both orbital and surface), as well as through Earth-based telescopic studies. In the 1990s, new orbital data were obtained from several missions (fly-by and orbital), the first being Galileo that allowed the lunar farside to be mapped, followed by global mapping by the Clementine and Lunar Prospector missions.Interest in the Moon started to increase at the beginning of the 21st century as other nations focused their space exploration programs on the Moon. The speech by President Bush in January 2004 put the Moon back into the critical exploration path for NASA, paving the way for humans to return to the lunar surface by 2020. This return will be critical for developing technologies and protocols for the eventual human exploration of other parts of the solar system. At the time of writing (June 2008), the SELENE/Kaguya mission (Japan and Chang’e-1 (China) are orbiting the Moon, with Chandrayaan-1 (India) and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (USA) being scheduled to launch later in 2008.The past (and present) exploration of the Moon begs the question “what's left to be done?” With the renewed focus on the Moon, now that it is on the pathway for the exploration of Mars (and beyond) a similar question has been raised - what should the astronauts do on the Moon? The publication of the New Views of the Moon book [Jolliff et al., 2006. New Views of the Moon, Reviews in Mineralogy, vol. 60. American Mineralogical Society, 721pp] highlighted a number of important scientific questions that remain unanswered as well as posing many more on the basis of the currently available data. These questions resonated in three Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG) reports pertinent to this discussion, which were also published (on line) during 2006 (http://www.lpi.usra.edu/leag), and in the National Research Council of the National Academies [2007. The Scientific Context for Exploration of the Moon. National Academies Press, Washington, DC, 112pp] report entitled “The Scientific Context for Exploration of the Moon”. This paper synthesizes these recent studies, along with those from the 1980s and 1990s, to emphasize the lunar science questions that remain unanswered. In addition, it summarizes the missions already flown to the Moon along with those that are planned in order to give the reader an idea of exactly what lunar science has been and will be conducted in the hope that it will inspire proposals for missions to address the outstanding science questions.     

Research on the Distribution and Content of Water Ice in Lunar Pole Regions Using Clementine UVVIS Data

Interest in the Moon started to increase at the beginning of the 21st century,and henceforth,more and more attention has been paid to the content and distribution of water ice in the lunar polar regions.The existence of water or ice in the regolith can apparently change its dielectric features.Therefore,in this article,the Dobson model is adopted and improved according to the Moon's environmental features,to construct the relationship between the volumetric water ice content and the dielectric constant.Ther...     

月球探测与人类社会的可持续发展

1959年至1976年的18年是人类第一次月球探测高潮，美国和前苏联共成功发射了45个月球探测器，获取了382kg的月球岩石和月壤样品，这些探测资料和月球样品的系统分析与研究，大大促进了人类对月球、地球和太阳系的认识，并带动了一系列基础科学的创新，促进了一系列应用科学的发展。通过从1976年至1994年近18年浩如烟海的月球探测数据和资料的消化、分析与综合研究后，1994年Clementine环月探测器的发射，标志新的一轮探月高潮的开始。当前，国际探月活动刚进入重返月球、逐步建设月球基地的阶段，而逐步开发利用月球矿产资源、能源和特殊环境，建设月球基地，为人类社会的可持续发展服务，已成为新世纪月球探测的总体目标。本在系统分析已有的探测与研究资料基础上，论述了开发利用月球上具有的巨大能源库、丰富的矿产资源和独特的环境资源将对人类社会可持续发展所具有的深远意义。