Stellar Occultation Studies of Giant Planet Systems

巨行星系统的恒星掩星研究

• 批准号: 9322115
• 负责人: James Elliot
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-05-15 至 2002-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9322115&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Stellar; Occultation; Studies; Giant; Planet

9322115 Elliot Stellar occultations can probe ring systems and atmospheres of planets in the outer Solar System with spatial resolutions of a few kilometers -- about a thousand times better than the resolution of any other Earth-based method. Drs. James Elliot and Heidi Hammel will observe the highest quality occultations by the giant planet systems that occur during the period 1994-1998. They will use these data to investigate various physical characteristics of rings and/or atmospheres of Uranus, Jupiter, Saturn, Titan, and Neptune. The first year of the award includes support to involve undergraduate students in the research effort.

小行星9322115 恒星掩星可以探测外太阳系行星的环系统和大气层，空间分辨率为几公里-比任何其他地球方法的分辨率高出约1000倍。 James Elliot和Heidi哈梅尔博士将观测1994-1998年期间发生的巨行星系统的最高质量掩星。 他们将使用这些数据来研究天王星，木星，土星，泰坦和海王星的环和/或大气的各种物理特性。 该奖项的第一年包括支持本科生参与研究工作。