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词条 Viking 2
释义

  1. Mission profile

     Orbiter  Lander 

  2. Results from the Viking 2 mission

     Landing site soil analysis  Search for life  Viking 2 lander image gallery 

  3. Orbiter results

     Viking program 

  4. See also

  5. References

  6. External links

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The Viking 2 mission was part of the American Viking program to Mars, and consisted of an orbiter and a lander essentially identical to that of the Viking 1 mission.[3] The Viking 2 lander operated on the surface for {{age in days|1976|09|03|1980|04|11}} days, or {{age in sols|1976|09|03|1980|04|11}} sols, and was turned off on April 11, 1980 when its batteries failed. The orbiter worked until July 25, 1978,[3] returning almost 16,000 images in 706 orbits around Mars.[4]

Mission profile

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The craft was launched on September 9, 1975. Following launch using a Titan/Centaur launch vehicle and a 333-day cruise to Mars, the Viking 2 Orbiter began returning global images of Mars prior to orbit insertion. The orbiter was inserted into a 1500 x 33,000 km, 24.6 h Mars orbit on August 7, 1976 and trimmed to a 27.3 h site certification orbit with a periapsis of 1499 km and an inclination of 55.2 degrees on 9 August. Imaging of candidate sites was begun and the landing site was selected based on these pictures and the images returned by the Viking 1 Orbiter.

The lander separated from the orbiter on September 3, 1976 at 22:37:50 UT and landed at Utopia Planitia. Normal operations called for the structure connecting the orbiter and lander (the bioshield) to be ejected after separation, but because of problems with the separation the bioshield was left attached to the orbiter. The orbit inclination was raised to 75 degrees on 30 September 1976.

Orbiter

The orbiter primary mission ended at the beginning of solar conjunction on October 5, 1976. The extended mission commenced on 14 December 1976 after solar conjunction. On 20 December 1976 the periapsis was lowered to 778 km and the inclination raised to 80 degrees.

Operations included close approaches to Deimos in October 1977 and the periapsis was lowered to 300 km and the period changed to 24 hours on 23 October 1977. The orbiter developed a leak in its propulsion system that vented its attitude control gas. It was placed in a 302 × 33,176 km orbit and turned off on 25 July 1978 after returning almost 16,000 images in about 700–706 orbits around Mars.

Lander

The lander and its aeroshell separated from the orbiter on 3 September 19:39:59 UT. At the time of separation, the lander was orbiting at about 4 km/s. After separation, rockets fired to begin lander deorbit. After a few hours, at about 300 km attitude, the lander was reoriented for entry. The aeroshell with its ablative heat shield slowed the craft as it plunged through the atmosphere.

The Viking 2 lander touched down about 200 km west of the crater Mie in Utopia Planitia at {{Coord|48.269|N|225.990|W|globe:mars_type:landmark_dim:100|display=inline,title}} at an altitude of -4.23 km relative to a reference ellipsoid with an equatorial radius of 3397.2 km and a flattening of 0.0105 ({{Coord|47.967|N|225.737|W|globe:mars|name=Viking 2 landing site planetographic}} planetographic) at 22:58:20 UT (9:49:05 a.m. local Mars time).

Approximately {{convert|22|kg|abbr=on}} of propellants were left at landing. Due to radar misidentification of a rock or highly reflective surface, the thrusters fired an extra time 0.4 second before landing, cracking the surface and raising dust. The lander settled down with one leg on a rock, tilted at 8.2 degrees. The cameras began taking images immediately after landing.

The Viking 2 lander was powered by radioisotope generators and operated on the surface until April 11, 1980, when its batteries failed.

Results from the Viking 2 mission

Landing site soil analysis

The soil resembled those produced from the weathering of basaltic lavas. The tested soil contained abundant silicon and iron, along with significant amounts of magnesium, aluminum, sulfur, calcium, and titanium. Trace elements, strontium and yttrium, were detected.

The amount of potassium was one fifth of the average for the Earth's crust. Some chemicals in the soil contained sulfur and chlorine that were like those remaining after the evaporation of sea water. Sulfur was more concentrated in the crust on top of the soil than in the bulk soil beneath.

The sulfur may be present as sulfates of sodium, magnesium, calcium, or iron. A sulfide of iron is also possible.[5] The Spirit rover and the Opportunity rover both found sulfates on Mars.[6]

Minerals typical weathering products of mafic igneous rocks were found.[7] All samples heated in the gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GCMS) gave off water.

However, the way the samples were handled prohibited an exact measurement of the amount of water. But, it was around 1%.[8] Studies with magnets aboard the landers indicated that the soil is between 3 and 7 percent magnetic materials by weight. The magnetic chemicals could be magnetite and maghemite, which could come from the weathering of basalt rock.[9][10] Subsequent experiments carried out by the Mars Spirit rover (landed in 2004) suggest that magnetite could explain the magnetic nature of the dust and soil on Mars.[11]

{{Wide image|Mars Viking 22a002.png|1500px|Viking 2 lander image of Utopia Planitia.}}

Search for life

Viking 2 carried a biology experiment whose purpose was to look for life. The Viking 2 biology experiment weighed 15.5 kg (34 lb) and consisted of three subsystems: the Pyrolytic Release experiment (PR), the Labeled Release experiment (LR), and the Gas Exchange experiment (GEX). In addition, independent of the biology experiments, Viking 2 carried a Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer (GCMS) that could measure the composition and abundance of organic compounds in the Martian soil.[12]

The results were surprising and interesting: the GCMS gave a negative result; the PR gave a positive result, the GEX gave a negative result, and the LR gave a positive result.[13] Viking scientist Patricia Straat recently stated, "Our (LR) experiment was a definite positive response for life, but a lot of people have claimed that it was a false positive for a variety of reasons."[14]

Most scientists now believe that the data were due to inorganic chemical reactions of the soil; however, this view may be changing after the recent discovery of near-surface ice near the Viking landing zone.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}} Some scientists still believe the results were due to living reactions. No organic chemicals were found in the soil.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}

Mars has almost no ozone layer, unlike the Earth, so UV light sterilizes the surface and produces highly reactive chemicals such as peroxides that would oxidize any organic chemicals.[15] The Phoenix Lander discovered the chemical perchlorate in the Martian soil. Perchlorate is a strong oxidant, so it may have destroyed any organic matter on the surface.[16] Perchlorate is now considered widespread on Mars, making it hard to detect any organic compounds on the Martian surface.[17]

Viking 2 lander image gallery

{{Wide image|Viking Lander 2 Camera 1 NOON HIGH RESOLUTION COLOR MOSAIC.jpg|1500px|
Viking 2 lander Camera 1 NOON HIGH RESOLUTION MOSAIC (With Low Resolution Color).
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Viking 2 Lander Camera 2 FROST (Low Resolution Color) Sol 1028, 1030 and 1050 between 11:34 and 12:40.
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Orbiter results

Viking program

The Viking Orbiters caused a revolution in our ideas about water on Mars. Huge river valleys were found in many areas. They showed that floods of water carved deep valleys, eroded grooves into bedrock, and traveled thousands of kilometers. Areas of branched streams, in the southern hemisphere, suggested that rain once fell.[18][19][20]

The images below, some of the best from the Viking Orbiters, are mosaics of many small, high resolution images. Click on the images for more detail. Some of the pictures are labeled with place names.

See also

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  • Exploration of Mars
  • List of missions to Mars
  • List of Mars orbiters
  • List of rocks on Mars
  • Space exploration
  • Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes
  • Unmanned space missions
  • U.S. Space Exploration History on U.S. Stamps
  • Viking 1
  • Viking program
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References

1. ^{{cite web |title=Viking 2 Lander |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1975-083C |work=NASA }}
2. ^{{cite web |last=Nelson |first=Jon |title=Viking 2 |url=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/viking-2/ |work=NASA |accessdate=February 2, 2014 }}
3. ^{{cite web |last=Williams |first=David R. Dr. |title=Viking Mission to Mars |url=http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/viking.html |date=December 18, 2006 |work=NASA |accessdate=February 2, 2014 }}
4. ^ 
5. ^Clark, B. et al. 1976. Inorganic Analysis of Martian Samples at the Viking Landing Sites. Science: 194. 1283–1288.
6. ^Mars Exploration Rover Mission: Press Release Images: Opportunity
7. ^Baird, A. et al. 1976. Mineralogic and Petrologic Implications of Viking Geochemical Results From Mars: Interim Report. Science: 194. 1288–1293.
8. ^Arvidson, R et al. 1989. The Martian surface as Imaged, Sampled, and Analyzed by the Viking Landers. Reviews of Geophysics:27. 39-60.
9. ^Hargraves, R. et al. 1976. Viking Magnetic Properties Investigation: Further Results. Science: 194. 1303–1309.
10. ^Arvidson, R, A. Binder, and K. Jones. The Surface of Mars. Scientific American
11. ^Bertelsen, P. et al. 2004. Magnetic Properties Experiments on the Mars Exploration rover Spirit at Gusev Crater. Science: 305. 827–829.
12. ^Life on Mars {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020034248/http://www.msss.com/http/ps/life/life.html |date=October 20, 2014 }}
13. ^Viking Data May Hide New Evidence For Life. Barry E. DiGregorio, July 16, 2000.
14. ^
Viking 2 Likely Came Close to Finding H2O. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930025048/http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/09/28/viking-lander-mars.html |date=September 30, 2009 }}
15. ^Hartmann, W. 2003. A Traveler's Guide to Mars. Workman Publishing. NY NY.
16. ^Alien Rumors Quelled as NASA Announces Phoenix Perchlorate Discovery. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904132551/http://www.planetary.org/news/2008/0806_Alien_Rumors_Quelled_as_NASA_Announces.html |date=September 4, 2010 }} A.J.S. Rayl, August 6, 2008.
17. ^{{cite news |last=Chang |first=Kenneth |title=Hitting Pay Dirt on Mars |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/01/science/space/hitting-pay-dirt-on-mars.html |date=1 October 2013 |work=New York Times |accessdate=10 October 2013 }}
18. ^{{Cite book |isbn = 978-0-8165-1257-7|title = Mars: Maps|last1 = Kieffer|first1 = Hugh H.|date = October 1992}}
19. ^Raeburn, P. 1998. Uncovering the Secrets of the Red Planet Mars. National Geographic Society. Washington D.C.
20. ^Moore, P. et al. 1990.
The Atlas of the Solar System. Mitchell Beazley Publishers NY, NY.

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070802044655/http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?MCode=Viking_02 Viking 2 Mission Profile] by NASA's Solar System Exploration
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