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Evolutions of the icy moon surface and interior probed by the long-term plasma space weathering experiment

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20H01956
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 17010:Space and planetary sciences-related
Research InstitutionTokyo University of Science

Principal Investigator

Kimura Tomoki  東京理科大学, 理学部第一部物理学科, 准教授 (50578804)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 仲内 悠祐  国立研究開発法人宇宙航空研究開発機構, 宇宙科学研究所, 招聘研究員 (20812514)
Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥18,460,000 (Direct Cost: ¥14,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,260,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥15,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥11,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,540,000)
Keywords氷天体 / 内部海 / プラズマ / 宇宙風化 / 組成 / 年代 / 木星 / 氷衛星 / 宇宙プラズマ
Outline of Research at the Start

本研究は、地球以外の天体に生命環境は発生しうるのか?という問いの解決に取り組む。解決のための最重要課題の1つは、太陽系における氷天体が持つ地下海の発生年代の解明である。発生年代を紐解く上で、地下海の内部物質が噴出して表層に堆積した年代「表出年代」の解明が鍵だが、表層物質の直接分析が不可能なため未解決だった。本研究は、宇宙プラズマがもたらす表層物質の変性「宇宙風化」に注目し解決を試みる。専有できる独自のプラズマ照射装置を開発し、天体進化スケール(100年から数億年)の長期宇宙風化の完全再現を目指す。これにより、地下海物質の表出年代を特定し、地下海が噴出できる深さに存在した年代を制約する。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The key to the occurrence age of the icy body interior ocean is to determine the surface age, at which the interior ocean material erupted and accumulated on the surface. However, this has not yet been solved because direct analysis of the surface material is still technically impossible. This study addressed this problem by focusing on space weathering, which is the alteration of surface materials caused by the irradiation of space plasma. A plasma irradiation device that reproduces space weathering was completed, and irradiation experiments were conducted on salt samples. The surface space weathering was quantitatively correlated with surface age, and the results were compared with spacecraft and telescope observations. Quantitative correlation between the weathering of surface materials and the surface age, and comparison with spacecraft and telescope observations, revealed the existence of relatively new geological units with the interior ocean eruptions within 2000 years.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究で明らかになった表出年代は、内部海がつい最近まで活発に水を噴き上げ存在していたことを意味する。これは氷天体が形成されたあとから現在に至るまで安定的に内部海を保持し、生命を育みうる環境を維持してきたことを支持する重要な結果である。また、内部海から噴出された水以外の塩等の物質が、天体進化の時間スケールよりも十分短い時間で表層において分解されてしまうことを示した。これは塩が噴出したばかりの海水の組成や、若い地形に対応する重要なトレーサーになることを意味する。将来の氷衛星探査JUICE(ESA)では、上記の塩を探査することで内部海の噴出の活動度や海水環境の推定に寄与することが期待される。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Annual Research Report
  • 2020 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (34 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 Other

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (31 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 11 results,  Invited: 4 results) Remarks (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Revealing the dynamics of magnetosphere, atmosphere, and interior of solar system objects with the Square Kilometre Array2022

    • Author(s)
      Kimura Tomoki、Fujii Yuka、Kita Hajime、Tsuchiya Fuminori、Sagawa Hideo、SKA-Japan Planetary Science Team
    • Journal Title

      Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan

      Volume: 75 Issue: Supplement_1 Pages: S196-S216

    • DOI

      10.1093/pasj/psac079

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 無水鉱物への水素イオン照射実験による水星表層における太陽風起源H2O生成過程の解明2023

    • Author(s)
      北野智大
    • Organizer
      Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2023
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 塩化ナトリウムへのプラズマ照射実験と物理化学モデリングによるエウロパの希薄大気生成と表層組成の解明2023

    • Author(s)
      星野 亮
    • Organizer
      Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2022
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 硫酸塩へのプラズマ照射実験によるエウロパ表層物質の内部海起源説の検証2023

    • Author(s)
      大槻 美沙子
    • Organizer
      Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2023
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 無水鉱物への水素イオン照射実験による水星表層における太陽風起源H2O生成過程の解明2022

    • Author(s)
      北野智大
    • Organizer
      地球電磁気・地球惑星圏学会 第 152回総会・講演会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 無水鉱物への水素イオン照射実験による水星表層におけるH2O生成過程の解明2022

    • Author(s)
      北野智大
    • Organizer
      Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2022
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 塩化ナトリウムへのプラズマ照射実験と物理化学モデリングによるエウロパの希薄大気生成と表層組成の解明2022

    • Author(s)
      星野 亮
    • Organizer
      地球電磁気・地球惑星圏学会 第 152回総会・講演会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Europa’s tenuous atmospheric sputtering and surface composition uncovered by plasma irradiation to NaCl samples2022

    • Author(s)
      Ryo Hoshino
    • Organizer
      Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2022
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 硫酸塩へのプラズマ照射実験によるエウロパ表層物質の内部海起源説の検証2022

    • Author(s)
      大槻 美沙子
    • Organizer
      地球電磁気・地球惑星圏学会 第 152回総会・講演会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Elemental sources for Europa's surface materials unveiled by oxygen ion irradiation to sulfates2022

    • Author(s)
      Misako Otsuki
    • Organizer
      Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2022
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Planet-moon interaction as an external boundary condition for habitable environment2022

    • Author(s)
      Tomoki Kimura
    • Organizer
      JAXA/ISAS Planetary Exploration Workshop
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Physics of reconnection-related auroral emission of giant planets and its application to exoplanet2022

    • Author(s)
      Tomoki Kimura
    • Organizer
      NAOJ IRCC-AFP meeting
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Scientific feasibility study for the planetary aurora observed with the LAPYUTA telescope2022

    • Author(s)
      Tomoki Kimura
    • Organizer
      Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2022
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 惑星科学、生命圏科学、および天文学に向けた紫外線宇宙望遠鏡計画2022

    • Author(s)
      土屋 史紀
    • Organizer
      Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2022
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Numerical radar simulation for the explorations of the ionosphere at Jupiter's icy moons2022

    • Author(s)
      安田 陸人
    • Organizer
      Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2022
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] ジオコロナの影響を考慮した紫外線宇宙望遠鏡計画LAPYUTAに向けた氷衛星プルーム観測の科学検討2022

    • Author(s)
      古賀 亮一
    • Organizer
      Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2022
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 3次元グローバルMHDシミュレーションによる過去地球と現代タイタンの窒素大気散逸過程の比較2022

    • Author(s)
      徳重 みなみ
    • Organizer
      Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2022
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Numerical radar simulation for the explorations of the ionospheres of Jupiter's icy moons2022

    • Author(s)
      安田 陸人
    • Organizer
      地球電磁気・地球惑星圏学会 第 152回総会・講演会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 惑星科学、生命圏科学、および天文学に向けた紫外線宇宙望遠鏡計画の検討状況2022

    • Author(s)
      土屋 史紀
    • Organizer
      地球電磁気・地球惑星圏学会 第 152回総会・講演会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Next UV space telescope, LAPYUTA: instrument overview and technical developments2022

    • Author(s)
      村上 豪
    • Organizer
      地球電磁気・地球惑星圏学会 第 152回総会・講演会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] LAPYUTAによる惑星オーロラ観測に向けた科学検討2022

    • Author(s)
      木村智樹
    • Organizer
      地球電磁気・地球惑星圏学会 第 152回総会・講演会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 3次元グローバルMHDシミュレーションによる過去地球と現代タイタンの窒素大気散逸過程の比較2022

    • Author(s)
      徳重 みなみ
    • Organizer
      地球電磁気・地球惑星圏学会 第 152回総会・講演会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] A Test Particle Simulation of Jovian Magnetospheric Electrons Precipitating into Europa's Oxygen Atmosphere2022

    • Author(s)
      佐藤 晋之祐
    • Organizer
      地球電磁気・地球惑星圏学会 第 152回総会・講演会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Mercury's surface and interior evolutions unveiled by the laboratory plasma irradiation in synergy with BC2021

    • Author(s)
      木村智樹
    • Organizer
      ESA/BepiColombo Science Working Team Meeting
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Opening remarks of WG5 Pre-workshop “Jupiter-Moon-magnetosphere electrodynamic interactions”2021

    • Author(s)
      木村智樹
    • Organizer
      ISSI-Beijing “Exploring the Jovian satellite system: from formation to habitability”
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Numerical simulation of the passive subsurface radar for Jupiter's icy moons2021

    • Author(s)
      木村智樹
    • Organizer
      Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Numerical simulation of the passive subsurface radar for Jupiter's icy moons2021

    • Author(s)
      木村智樹
    • Organizer
      Magnetosphere of Outer Planets 2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 太陽系天体の宇宙風化再現実に向けた汎用プラズマ照射置の開発・評価の現状2021

    • Author(s)
      木村智樹
    • Organizer
      地球電磁気・地球惑星圏学会 第 150回総会・講演会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 惑星量子ビームとミュオン分析の連携で迫る氷衛星物質の合成と蓄積2020

    • Author(s)
      木村智樹
    • Organizer
      新学術領域研究「宇宙観測検出器と量子ビームの出会い。新たな応用への架け橋。」第2回全体会合
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 太陽系天体の宇宙風化再現実験に向けた汎用プラズマ照射装置の開発2020

    • Author(s)
      木村智樹
    • Organizer
      Japan Geoscience Union _ American Geophysical Union joint meeting 2020, 2020年7月16日 Japan Geoscience Union
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Numerical simulation of the passive subsurface radar for Jupiter's icy moons2020

    • Author(s)
      木村智樹
    • Organizer
      地球電磁気・地球惑星圏学会 第 148回総会・講演会 2020年11月1日 地球電磁気・地球惑星圏学会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] JUICE SWT Passive Rader Splinter Meeting 2020年11月5日 JUICE SWT2020

    • Author(s)
      木村智樹
    • Organizer
      Simulation of RPWI/PSSR for water plumes and ionospheres at the icy moons
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Remarks] 生命を育む環境はどう発生し進化するのか知的好奇心で挑む無限の宇宙

    • URL

      https://dept.tus.ac.jp/sc1/research/physics/

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 惑星と衛星のなす系を,生命環境として理解する

    • URL

      https://www.tus.ac.jp/about/information/publication/forum/file/forum_no431_07.pdf

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report

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