| 词条 | Metis (moon) |
| 释义 |
| name = Metis | image = Metis.jpg | caption = Image taken by Galileos Solid State Imager between November 1996 and June 1997 | discoverer = S. Synnott | discovered = 4 March 1979 | mean_orbit_radius = {{val|128000|u=km}} (1.792 RJ){{sfn|Evans Porco et al.|2002}}{{sfn|Burns Simonelli et al.|2004}} | eccentricity = {{val|0.0002}}{{sfn|Evans Porco et al.|2002}}{{sfn|Burns Simonelli et al.|2004}} | period = {{val|0.294780|u=d}} {{nowrap|(7 h, 4.5 min)}}{{sfn|Evans Porco et al.|2002}}{{sfn|Burns Simonelli et al.|2004}} | periapsis = {{val|127974|u=km}}{{efn|name=calculated}} | apoapsis = {{val|128026|u=km}}{{efn|name=calculated}} | avg_speed = 31.501 km/s{{efn|name=calculated}} | inclination = 0.06° (to Jupiter's equator){{sfn|Evans Porco et al.|2002}}{{sfn|Burns Simonelli et al.|2004}} | satellite_of = Jupiter | mean_radius = {{val|21.5|2.0|u=km}}{{sfn|Thomas Burns et al.|1998}} | dimensions = 60 × 40 × 34 km{{sfn|Thomas Burns et al.|1998}} | volume = {{val|p=≈ |42700|u=km³}} | surface_area = {{val|p=≈ |5800|u=km2}} | mass = {{val|1.2|e=17|u=kg}} | density = {{val|3|u=g/cm3}} | surface_grav = | escape_velocity = | rotation = synchronous | axial_tilt = zero{{sfn|Thomas Burns et al.|1998}} | albedo = {{val|0.061|0.003}}{{sfn|Simonelli Rossier et al.|2000}} | single_temperature = ≈ 123 K }} Metis ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|iː|t|ᵻ|s}}; {{lang-el|Μήτις}}), also known as {{nowrap|Jupiter XVI}}, is the innermost known moon of Jupiter. It was discovered in 1979 in images taken by Voyager 1, and was named in 1983 after the first wife of Zeus, Metis. Additional observations made between early 1996 and September 2003 by the Galileo spacecraft allowed its surface to be imaged. Metis is tidally locked to Jupiter, and its shape is strongly asymmetrical, with one of the diameters being almost twice as large as the smallest one. It is also one of the two moons known to orbit Jupiter in less than the length of Jupiter's day, the other being Adrastea. It orbits within the main ring of Jupiter, and is thought to be a major contributor of material to the rings. Discovery and observationsMetis was discovered in 1979 by Stephen P. Synnott in images taken by the Voyager 1 probe and was provisionally designated as {{nowrap|S/1979 J 3}}.{{sfn|IAUC 3507}}{{sfn|Synnott|1981}} In 1983 it was officially named after the mythological Metis, a Titaness who was the first wife of Zeus (the Greek equivalent of Jupiter).{{sfn|IAUC 3872}} The photographs taken by Voyager 1 showed Metis only as a dot, and hence knowledge about Metis was very limited until the arrival of the Galileo spacecraft. Galileo imaged almost all of the surface of Metis and put constraints on its composition by 1998.{{sfn|Thomas Burns et al.|1998}} Although the Juno orbiter, which arrived at Jupiter in 2016, has a camera called JunoCam, it is almost entirely focused on observations of Jupiter itself. During close observations of Jupiter, it may capture some distant images of the innermost moons Metis and Adrastea.[1] Physical characteristicsMetis has an irregular shape and measures 60×40×34 km across, which makes it the second smallest of the four inner satellites of Jupiter.{{sfn|Thomas Burns et al.|1998}} Therefore, a very rough estimate of its surface area could be placed between 5,800 and 11,600 square kilometers (approx. 8,700). The bulk composition and mass of Metis are not known, but assuming that its mean density is like that of Amalthea (~0.86 g/cm3),{{sfn|Anderson Johnson et al.|2005}} its mass can be estimated as ~3.6×1016 kg. This density would imply that it is composed of water ice with a porosity of 10–15%.{{sfn|Anderson Johnson et al.|2005}} The surface of Metis is heavily cratered, dark, and appears to be reddish in color. There is a substantial asymmetry between leading and trailing hemispheres: the leading hemisphere is 1.3 times brighter than the trailing one. The asymmetry is probably caused by the higher velocity and frequency of impacts on the leading hemisphere, which excavate a bright material (presumably ice) from its interior.{{sfn|Simonelli Rossier et al.|2000}} Orbit and rotationMetis is the innermost of Jupiter's four small inner moons. It orbits Jupiter at a distance of ~128,000 km (1.79 Jupiter radii) within Jupiter's main ring. Metis's orbit has very small eccentricity (~0.0002) and inclination (~ 0.06°) relative to the equator of Jupiter.{{sfn|Evans Porco et al.|2002}}{{sfn|Burns Simonelli et al.|2004}} Due to tidal locking, Metis rotates synchronously with its orbital period, with its longest axis aligned towards Jupiter.{{sfn|Burns Simonelli et al.|2004}}{{sfn|Thomas Burns et al.|1998}} Metis lies inside Jupiter's synchronous orbit radius (as does Adrastea), and as a result, tidal forces slowly cause its orbit to decay. If its density is similar to Amalthea's, Metis's orbit lies within the fluid Roche limit; however, because it has not broken up, it must lie outside its rigid Roche limit.{{sfn|Burns Simonelli et al.|2004}} Metis is the fastest-moving of Jupiter's moons.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}} It orbits Jupiter at 31.5 km/s.{{efn|name=calculated}} Relationship with Jupiter's ringsMetis's orbit lies ~1000 km within the main ring of Jupiter. It orbits within a ~500 km wide "gap" or "notch" in the ring.{{sfn|Burns Simonelli et al.|2004}}{{sfn|Ockert-Bell Burns et al.|1999}} The gap is clearly somehow related to the moon but the origin of this connection has not been established. Metis supplies a significant part of the main ring's dust.{{sfn|Burns Showalter et al.|1999}} This material appears to consist primarily of material that is ejected from the surfaces of Jupiter's four small inner satellites by meteorite impacts. It is easy for the impact ejecta to be lost from the satellites into space because the satellites' surfaces lie fairly close to the edge of their Roche spheres due to their low density.{{sfn|Burns Simonelli et al.|2004}} See also
Notes{{notes| notes ={{efn | name = calculated | Calculated on the basis of other parameters. }} }} References1. ^ Cited sources
| last1 = Burns | first1 = Joseph A. | last2 = Simonelli | first2 = Damon P. | last3 = Showalter | first3 = Mark R. | last4 = Hamilton | first4 = Douglas P. | last5 = Porco | first5 = Carolyn C. | last6 = Throop | first6 = Henry | last7 = Esposito | first7 = Larry W. | year = 2004 | pages = 241–262 | title = Jupiter's Ring-Moon System | encyclopedia = Jupiter: The Planet, Satellites and Magnetosphere | publisher = Cambridge University Press | editor1-last = Bagenal | editor1-first = Fran | editor2-last = Dowling | editor2-first = Timothy E. | editor3-last = McKinnon | editor3-first = William B. | url = http://www.astro.umd.edu/~hamilton/research/preprints/BurSimSho03.pdf | format = PDF | bibcode = 2004jpsm.book..241B | isbn = 978-0-521-81808-7 | ref = {{sfnRef|Burns Simonelli et al.|2004}}
| last1 = Evans | first1 = M. W. | last2 = Porco | first2 = C. C. | last3 = Hamilton | first3 = D. P. |date=September 2002 | title = The Orbits of Metis and Adrastea: The Origin and Significance of their Inclinations | journal = Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society | volume = 34 | pages = 883 | bibcode = 2002DPS....34.2403E | ref = {{sfnRef|Evans Porco et al.|2002}}
| last = Marsden | first = Brian G. | date = August 26, 1980 | title = Satellites of Jupiter | journal = IAU Circular | volume = 3507 | url = http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/03500/03507.html | accessdate = 2012-03-28 | ref = {{sfnRef|IAUC 3507}}
| last = Marsden | first = Brian G. | date = September 30, 1983 | title = Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn | journal = IAU Circular | volume = 3872 | url = http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/03800/03872.html | accessdate = 2012-03-28 | ref = {{sfnRef|IAUC 3872}}
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