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It is still difficult to detect the existence of Martian solid inner core merely based on Mars seismic InSight data. To deal with this problem, our study intends to use the mean density and mean moment of inertia factor to constrain the size and density of Martian solid inner core. Using the Mars high-degree gravity field models: JGMRO120f and GMM3-120, and considering the recent precession rate, we obtain the mean density and mean moment of inertia factor, which are treated as the observed values. Referring to the 4-layers internal structure model of Mars, and considering the 4 parameters, i.e. crustal density, mantle density, density of outer core, size and density of inner core, we calculate the modeled values of the Martian mean density and the mean moment of inertia factor. From the minimum residuals between observed and modeled values of mean density as well as that of mean moment of inertia factor, it is found that the two gravity field models have the same result of distribution of free parameters. As to the optimized values of the free parameters, the two gravity field models even have the same results. Furthermore, the optimized crustal density, mantel density and density of outer core approach other studies, indicating the dependence of our results. Finally, our result demonstrates that Mars likely has a solid inner core with a size close to 840 km, and the density of inner core is nearly 6950 kg⋅m–3. Our result implies that Mars has an inner core not fully composed of pure iron, which is consistent with the recent study that Mars requires a substantial complement of light elements in Martian core. However, it is further needed to constrain the size and composition of Martian inner core due to the non-uniqueness of inversion results. With the improvement of processing technology on the InSight data, it can be further constrained for the size and composition of Martian inner core.
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Keywords:
- InSight /
- precession rate /
- mean moment of inertia factor /
- size of Martian inner core /
- density of Martian inner core
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表 1 参数取值
Table 1. Values of the parameters used in calculation.
序号 参数 取值及范围 1 JGMRO120f模型的火星质量
M/kg与二阶位系数M = 6.417120511584593×1023, C20 = –0.8750219819894×10–3,
C22 = –0.8463283575906×10–4, S22 = 0.4893975901192×10–42 GMM3-120模型的火星质量
M/kg与二阶位系数M = 6.417120090587431×1023, C20 = –0.87502113235452894×10–3,
C22 = –0.84635903869414677×10–4, S22 = 0.48934625860229178×10–43 平均半径R/km 3389.5 4 平均密度$\bar{\rho }$/(kg⋅m–3) 3934.093 5 InSight数据的火星最新岁差率
$ \dot{\psi } $/(ms·a–1) [13]–7605 6 平均惯性矩因子${I}/({M{R}^{2} })$ 0.3637801121 (JGMRO120f), 0.3637797586 (GMM3-120) 表 2 火星内部结构固定参数与待求参数
Table 2. Fixed and free parameters of the Martian inner structure.
表 3 目标函数f对不同待求参数的敏感度S
Table 3. Sensitivity of various parameters S to the objective function f
敏感度S JGMRO120f GMM3-120 S(f, ρci) –11.1404 –11.1404 S(f, rci) –2.6496 –2.6496 S(f, ρm) –305.8501 –305.8642 S(f, ρco) –96.8772 –96.8782 S(f, ρc) –14.7235 –14.7245 -
[1] Mittelholz A, Johnson C L, Feinberg J M, Langlais B, Phillips R J 2020 Sci. Adv. 6 eaba0513Google Scholar
[2] Stevenson D J 2001 Natrue 412 214Google Scholar
[3] Taylor G J 2013 Geochemistry 73 401Google Scholar
[4] Plesa A C, Tosi N, Grott M, Breuer D 2015 J. Geophys. Res. Planet 120 995Google Scholar
[5] Khan A, Liebske C, Rozel A, Rivoldini A, Nimmo F, Connolly J A D, Plesa A C, Giardini D A 2018 J. Geophys. Res. Planet 123 575Google Scholar
[6] Bagheri A, Khan A, Al‐Attar D, Crawford O, Giardini D 2019 J. Geophys. Res. Planet 124 2703Google Scholar
[7] Genova A, Goossens S, Lemoine F G, Mazarico E, Neumann G A, Smith D E, Zuber M T 2016 Icarus 272 228Google Scholar
[8] Konopliv A S, Park R S, Folkner W M 2016 Icarus 274 253Google Scholar
[9] Rivoldini A, Van Hoolst T, Verhoeven O, Mocquet A, Dehant V 2011 Icarus 213 451Google Scholar
[10] Konopliv A S, Park R S, Rivoldini A, Baland R M, Maistre S L, Hoolst T V, Yseboodt M, Dehant V 2020 Geophys Res. Lett. 47 e2020GL090568Google Scholar
[11] Stähler S C, Khan A, Banerdt W B, et al. 2021 Science 373 443Google Scholar
[12] Sohl F, Schubert G, Spohn T 2005 J. Geophys. Res. Planet 110 E12008Google Scholar
[13] Kahan D S, Folkner W M, Buccino D R, Dehant V, Maistre S L, Rivoldini A, Hoolst T V, Yseboodt M, Marty J C 2021 Planet. Space Sci. 199 105208Google Scholar
[14] Konopliv A S, Asmar S W, Folkner W M, Karatekin Ö, Nunes D C, Smrekar S E, Yoder C F, Zuber M T 2011 Icarus 211 401Google Scholar
[15] Ding M, Lin J, Gu C, Huang Q H, Zuber M T 2019 J. Geophys. Res. Planet 124 3095Google Scholar
[16] Zhong Z, Yan J, Liu X, Chen S, Fan G, Yang C, Pang L, Barriot J P 2022 Icarus 374 114741Google Scholar
[17] Planetary Data System https://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/default.htm [2020.10.23]
[18] Gerald S 2015 Treatise on Geophysics (Oxford: Elsevier) pp153–193
[19] Goossen S, Sabaka T J, Genova A, Mazarico E, Nicholas J B, Neumann G A 2017 Geophys Res. Lett. 44 7686Google Scholar
[20] Tiesinga E, Mohr P J, Newell D B, Taylor B N 2021 J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data 50 033105Google Scholar
[21] Zuber M T, Smith D E 1997 J. Geophys. Res. Planet 102 28673Google Scholar
[22] Baland R M, Yseboodt M, Maistre S L, Rivoldini A, Hoolst T V, Dehant V 2020 Celest. Mech. Dyn. Astr. 132 1Google Scholar
[23] Knapmeyer-Endrun B, Panning M P, Bissig F, et al. 2021 Science 373 438Google Scholar
[24] Yan J, Xu L, Li F, Matsumoto K, Rodriguez J A P, Miyamoto H, Dohm J M 2015 Adv. Space Res. 55 1721Google Scholar
[25] 钟振, 张腾, 段炼, 李毅, 朱化强 2021 武汉大学学报-信息科学版 46 238Google Scholar
Zhong Z, Zhang T, Duan L, Li Y, Zhu H Q 2021 Geomat. Inform. Sci. Wuhan Univ. 46 238Google Scholar
[26] Steenstra E S, Westrenen W V 2018 Icarus 315 69Google Scholar
[27] Semprich J, Filiberto J 2020 Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55 1600Google Scholar
[28] McGetchin T R, Smith J R 1978 Icarus 34 512Google Scholar
[29] Khan A, Sossi P A, Liebske C, Rivoldini A, Giardini D 2022 Earth Planet. Sc. Lett. 578 117330Google Scholar
[30] Wieczorek M A, Zuber M T 2004 J. Geophys. Res. Planet 109 E01009Google Scholar
[31] Wieczorek M A, Broquet A, McLennan S M, et al. 2022 J. Geophys. Res. Planet 127 e2022JE007298Google Scholar
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