Extraterrestrial materials that come to Earth as meteorites or collected by missions into space by humans, satellites or rovers provide key links to the origins of planets and solar systems. Rock and mineral samples that make it to Earth through direct sampling or as meteorites are precious and their study demands limited invasive analysis and maximization of the materials in hand. Study of analogues and simulated materials allow improved ability to interpret what we is seen through remote sensing, and develop remote tools to operate in the rugged and extreme environments on other planetary bodies. Bruker partners with scientists to provide the appropriate tools for your research in planetary geology.
陨石和micro-meteorites是唯一的accessible solid materials from non-Earth/Moon rocky bodies, commonly preserving the records of processes dating back to the formation of the solar system. Classification of meteorites is based on a combination of mineralogical, bulk chemical, and isotopic compositions, and commonly relies on destructive analytical techniques. However, information on their origins doesn't just come from bulk compositions but the spatial distributions of minerals and elements. Geochemical and mineralogical mapping techniques provide these key data.
Direct samples of the moon are limited, and include those returned from the Luna unmanned and Apollo manned missions to the lunar surface in the 1960's and 1970's, and meteorites that have made it to Earth through much of its history. Samples of lunar rock and regolith are among our best physical record of a planetary surface and provide important information about the origin of the moon and its relationship to Earth, as well as the nature of impact processes and their evolution through time in the solar system. Bruker's tools for non-invasive micro-analysis provide focused solutions for the in-depth study of natural and synthetic lunar materials.
Analog studies help prepare for geologic work on other planets and provide insight into other rocky bodies in our solar system. Analog field expeditions transform similar parts of the Earth into field research, development laboratories and proving grounds for procedures, methodologies, and technologies. Analog science missions explore the extremes of surface environments on Earth to better understand the processes and products of current or past planetary locations. Analog sites are selected for geologic, environmental, or chemical similarities to other planets, moons, or asteroids. Bruker tools are used in planetary analog studies to:
将分析技术纳入模拟研究,可以对操作程序,工作流和人类对数据的反应进行更现实的评估。现场数据收集还可以通过提供实时数据并更准确地模拟将收集在火星,月球,小行星及以后收集的数据分析的类型来增强陆地科学任务。布鲁克(Bruker)与政府和大学一起部署了用于模拟任务的便携式和手持设备,开发用于破坏性机器人协议的破坏性测试的低成本仪器以及满足远程任务分析要求的方法的发展。
Bruker的现场携带工具组合可以用于模拟研究:
关于我们所知道的轰炸过程的很多内容来自对陆地撞击陨石坑的研究。由于最终火山口的几何形状,由于冲击的速度高和影响事件的年龄,形成了反应产物(变形的岩石和矿物质,冲击熔体和喷射),这些过去的效果的这些残留物告诉了我们很多塑造过程的过程bob综合客户端app地球和其他岩石行星。陆地冲击产品的微观结构和 - 键合分析代表了对在太阳系和其他地方在其他地方运行的影响过程的模型和预测的一阶限制。