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冥卫二

冥衛二(Nix,尼克斯)
新视野号于2015年7月14日所拍摄到的冥卫二
发现
發現者哈勃空间望远镜
Pluto Companion Search Team
發現日期June 2005
編號
命名依據Nyx
其它名稱(134340) Pluto II[1]
形容詞Nictian
軌道參數[2]
半長軸48708 km
離心率0.002 036 ± 0.000 050
軌道週期24.854 63 ± 0.000 03 d
軌道傾角0.195°
隸屬天体冥王星
物理特徵
大小49.8 x 33.2 x 31.1 km[3]
質量5×1016 to 2×1018 kg[4]
平均密度1.37 g/cm3
自轉週期1.829 ± 0.009 d (chaotic)
轉軸傾角132° (variable)
反照率0.04–0.35 (assumed)[5]
溫度33–55 K
視星等23.38–23.7 (measured)[5]
哈勃望遠鏡拍攝的冥王星與其三顆衛星

冥衛二正式名稱為Nix(/ˈnɪks/ ,尼克斯),是冥王星的一颗卫星

2005年5月首次被冥王星伴侣搜索隊通过哈勃太空望远镜观测到。其照片于2005年5月15日和2005年5月18日被哈勃望遠鏡拍摄到;2005年5月15日Max J. Mutchler经确认和预估後,于2005年10月31日公布卫星发现的消息,初被編號為S/2005 P2,於2006年6月下旬的國際天文學聯合會會議上正式被命名為Nix(尼克斯,希臘神話代表黑夜的女神)(原本建議命名為Nyx,但是為了不和小行星3908(Nyx)混淆,所以把它命名為與Nyx同音的Nix),名字以2006年1月啟程飛往冥王星的新视野號(New Horizons)探測器名字的首個字母為概念。

观测显示其与冥卫一(卡戎)类似,軌道半徑49,000公里,以25天周期繞冥王星運轉;估計其直径在31-50公里之间(依反照率判定将可研判出更精确的数据)。冥衛二比冥衛三暗25%,所以可能也比较小。

初時研究時認為冥衛二和冥王星一樣是紅色的,後來才發現冥衛二和其他兩顆衛星一樣是灰色的。

根據觀察,冥衛二並沒有穩定的自轉自轉一週大約1.829天)。

參見

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參考資料

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  1. ^ Jennifer Blue. Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN). 2009-11-09 [2010-08-30]. (原始内容存档于2007-07-26). 
  2. ^ Showalter, M. R.; Hamilton, D. P. Resonant interactions and chaotic rotation of Pluto’s small moons. Nature. 2015-06, 522 (7554): 45–49 [2021-12-06]. ISSN 0028-0836. doi:10.1038/nature14469. (原始内容存档于2022-05-13) (英语). 
  3. ^ Weaver, H. A.; Stern, S. A.; Mutchler, M. J.; Steffl, A. J.; Buie, M. W.; Merline, W. J.; Spencer, J. R.; Young, E. F.; Young, L. A. Discovery of two new satellites of Pluto. Nature. 2006-02, 439 (7079): 943–945 [2021-12-06]. Bibcode:2006Natur.439..943W. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 16495991. arXiv:astro-ph/0601018可免费查阅. doi:10.1038/nature04547. (原始内容存档于2022-05-13) (英语). 
  4. ^ Based on the range of diameters from Buie et al. (2006), and densities ranging from 1 g/cm3 (ice) to 2 g/cm3 (Pluto).
  5. ^ 5.0 5.1 Stern, Daniel; Chary, Ranga-Ram; Eisenhardt, Peter R. M.; Moustakas, Leonidas A. Spitzer Observations of the Prototypical Extremely Red Objects HR 10 and LBDS 53W091: Separating Dusty Starbursts from Old Elliptical Galaxies. The Astronomical Journal. 2006-09, 132 (3): 1405–1414 [2021-12-06]. Bibcode:2006AJ....132.1405S. ISSN 0004-6256. arXiv:astro-ph/0607507可免费查阅. doi:10.1086/506347. (原始内容存档于2021-12-06) (英语). 

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