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Titan (larger crescent) and Rhea (smaller crescent), two regular moons of Saturn

In astronomy, a regular moon or a regular satellite is a natural satellite following a relatively close, stable, and circular orbit which is generally aligned to its primary's equator. They form within discs of debris and gas that once surrounded their primary, usually the aftermath of a large collision or leftover material accumulated from the protoplanetary disc. Young regular moons then begin to accumulate material within the circumplanetary disc in a process similar to planetary accretion, as opposed to irregular moons, which formed independently before being captured into orbit around the primary.

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Regular moons are extremely diverse in their physical characteristics. The largest regular moons are massive enough to be gravitationally rounded, with two regular moons—Ganymede and Titan—being larger than the planet Mercury. Large regular moons also support varied and complex geology. Several are known to have atmospheres, although only one regular moon—Titan—hosts a significant atmosphere capable of supporting weather and climate. As a result of their complexity, the rounded regular moons are often considered planetary objects in their own right by planetary scientists. [1] In contrast, the smallest regular moons lack active geology. Most are heavily cratered and irregular in shape, often resembling small asteroids and other minor bodies in appearance.

Six of the eight planets of the Solar System host 60 regular satellites [lower-alpha 1] combined, with the four giant planets—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—hosting the most extensive and complex regular satellite systems. At least four of the nine likeliest dwarf planets also host regular moon systems: Pluto, Eris, Haumea, and Orcus.

Origin and orbital characteristics

Formation

Regular moons have several different formation mechanisms. The regular moons of the giant planets are generally believed to have formed from accreting material within circumplanetary discs, growing progressively from smaller moonlets in a manner similar to the formation of planets. Multiple generations of regular satellite systems may have formed around the giant planets before interactions with the circumplanetary disc and with each other resulted in inward spiralling into the parent planet. As gas inflow into the parent planet begins to end, the effects of gas-induced migration decrease, allowing for a final generation of moons to survive. [2]

In contrast, Earth's Moon and Pluto's five satellites are thought to have originated from giant impacts between two protoplanets early in the Solar System's history. These impacts ejected a dense disc of debris into orbit whence satellites can accrete. [3] [4] The giant impact model has also been applied to explain the origin of other dwarf planet satellite systems, including Eris's moon Dysnomia, Orcus's moon Vanth, and Haumea's ring and two moons. [5] In contrast to regular moon systems of the giant planets, giant impacts can give rise to unusually massive satellites; Charon's mass ratio to Pluto is roughly 0.12. [5]

Regular moons may also originate from secondary disruption events, being fragments of other regular moons following collisions or due to tidal disruption. The regular moons of Neptune are likely examples of this, as the capture of Neptune's largest moon—Triton—would have severely disrupted the existing primordial moon system. Once Triton was tidally dampened into a lower-eccentricity orbit, the debris resulting from the disruption of the primordial moons re-accreted into the current regular moons of Neptune. [6] [7] [8]

Martian moons

Despite the extensive exploration of Mars, the origin of Mars's two moons remains the subject of ongoing debate. Phobos and Deimos were originally proposed to be captured asteroids originating from the neighboring asteroid belt, and thus would not be classified as regular satellites. Their similarities to C-type asteroids with respect to spectra, density, and albedo further supported this model. [9]

However, the capture model may be inconsistent with the small, low-eccentricity, low-inclination orbits of the two moons, which are more typical of regular satellites. The rubble pile nature of Phobos has further pointed against a captured origin, and infrared observations of Deimos by the Hope orbiter have revealed that the moon's surface is basaltic in composition, more consistent with an origin around Mars. [10] [11] As a result, various models for the in situ formation of Phobos and Deimos have been proposed to better explain their origins and current configuration, including a giant impact scenario similar to the one which formed the Moon and a 'recycling' model for Phobos. [10]

Orbital characteristics

Orbits of Jupiter's Galilean moons, demonstrating the organized, low-eccentricity orbits typical of regular satellites Galilean moons around Jupiter.gif
Orbits of Jupiter's Galilean moons, demonstrating the organized, low-eccentricity orbits typical of regular satellites

Regular moons are characterized by prograde orbits, usually with little orbital inclination or eccentricity relative to their parent body. These traits are largely constrained by their origins and subsequent tidal interactions with the parent body. In the case of the giant planet satellite systems, much like protoplanetary discs, infalling material surrounding a forming planet flattens out into a disc aligned with the planet's equator due to conservation of angular momentum. [12] As a consequence, any moons formed from the circumplanetary disc will orbit roughly coplanar with the planet's equator; even if future perturbations increase a moon's inclination, tidal effects work to eventually decrease it back to a coplanar state. Likewise, tidal circularization acts to decrease the eccentricity of the regular moons by dissipating energy towards a circular orbit, which is a minimum-energy state. Several regular moons do depart from these orbital traits, such as Hyperion's unusually eccentric orbit and Miranda's unusually inclined orbit, but in these cases, orbital eccentricity and inclination are often increased and subsequently maintained by resonant interactions with neighboring moons. [13] [14]

Orbital resonances are a common feature in regular moon systems and are a crucial aspect in their evolution and structure. Such resonances can excite the eccentricity and inclination of participating moons, leading to appreciable tidal heating which can sustain geological activity. A particularly apparent example of this is the 1:2:4 mean-motion resonance (MMR) chain Io, Europa, and Ganymede participate in, contributing to Io's volcanism and Europa's liquid subsurface ocean. [15] Orbital resonances and near-resonances can also act as a stabilizing and shepherding mechanism, allowing for moons to be closely packed whilst still remaining stable, as is thought to be the case with Pluto's small outer moons. [16] A small handful of regular moons have been discovered to participate in various co-orbital configurations, such as the four trojan moons of Tethys and Dione within the Saturnian system. [17]

Shepherd moons

Regular moons which orbit near or within a ring system can gravitationally interact with nearby material, either confining material into narrow ringlets or clearing out gaps within a ring in a process known as 'shepherding'. Shepherd moons may also act as a direct source of ring material ejected from impacts. The material may then be corralled by the moon in its orbital path, as is the case with the Janus-Epimetheus ring around Saturn. [18]

Physical characteristics

Geology

Active plumes on the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus, fed by a global subsurface ocean of liquid water Enceladus geysers June 2009.jpg
Active plumes on the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus, fed by a global subsurface ocean of liquid water

Of the nineteen regular moons large enough to be gravitationally rounded, several of them show geological activity, and many more exhibit signs of past activity. Several regular moons, such as Europa, Titan, and Enceladus are known to host global subsurface oceans of liquid water, maintained by tidal heating from their respective parent planets. [19] [20] [21] These subsurface oceans can drive a variety of geological processes, including widespread cryovolcanism, resurfacing, and tectonics, acting as reservoirs of 'cryomagma' which can be erupted onto a moon's surface. [22] [23]

Io is unusual, as in contrast to most other regular moons of the giant planets, Io is rocky in composition with extremely little water. Io's high levels of volcanism instead erupt large basaltic flows which continuously resurfaces the moon, whilst also ejecting large volumes of sulfur and sulfur dioxide into its tenuous atmosphere. Analogous to the subsurface oceans of liquid water on icy moons such as Europa, Io may have a subsurface ocean of silicate magma beneath its crust, fuelling Io's volcanic activity. [24] [25]

Atmospheres

Significant atmospheres on regular moons are rare, likely due to the comparatively small sizes of most regular moons leading to high rates of atmospheric escape. Thinner atmospheres have been detected on several regular moons; the Galilean moons all have known atmospheres. The sparse atmospheres of Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto are composed largely of oxygen sputtered off from their icy surfaces due to space weathering. [26] [27] [28] The atmosphere of Io is endogenously produced by volcanic outgassing, creating a thin atmosphere composed primarily of sulfur dioxide (SO2). As Io's surface temperature is below the deposition point of sulfur dioxide, most of the outgassed material quickly freezes onto its surface, though it remains uncertain whether volcanic outgassing or sublimation is the dominant supporter of Io's atmosphere. [29] [30]

One regular moon, Titan, hosts a dense atmosphere dominated by nitrogen as well as stable hydrocarbon lakes on its surface. The complex interactions between Titan's thick, hazy atmosphere, its surface, and its 'hydrocarbon cycle' have led to the creation of many unusual features, including canyons and floodplains eroded by rivers, possible karst-like topography, and extensive equatorial dune fields. [31] [32]

Rotation

The majority of regular moons are tidally locked to their parent planet, though several exceptions are known. One such exception is Saturn's Hyperion, which exhibits chaotic rotation due to Titan's gravitational influence on its irregular shape; Hyperion's chaotic rotation may be further facilitated by its 3:4 orbital resonance with Titan. [13] The four small circumbinary moons of Pluto, which are similarly elongated, also rotate chaotically under the influence of Charon and generally have very high axial tilts. [33] Hi'iaka, the larger outer moon of Haumea, was revealed to have a very rapid rotational period of approximately 9.8 hours via lightcurve data, approximately 120 times faster than its orbital period. Results for Namaka were less clear, potentially pointing towards a slower rotational period or a pole-on configuration, with a significant axial tilt relative to its orbital plane. [34]

Uniquely, Charon is large enough to have also tidally locked Pluto, creating a mutual tidally locked state where Charon is only visible from one hemisphere of Pluto and vice versa. Similarly, Eris has been observed to be tidally locked to its satellite Dysnomia, which may indicate an unusually high density for the moon. [35]

Parent-satellite interactions

Bright auroral spots within Jupiter's northern aurorae, contributed by the Galilean moons Jupiter.Aurora.HST.mod.svg
Bright auroral spots within Jupiter's northern aurorae, contributed by the Galilean moons

Due to their close nature and long, shared histories, regular moons can have a significant influence on their primary. A familiar example of this are the ocean tides raised by the Moon on the Earth. Just as Earth raises tidal bulges on the Moon which results in tidal locking, the Moon raises tidal bulges on the Earth which manifest most noticeably as the rising and falling of the local sea level roughly diurnally (though local coastal topography can result in semidiurnal or complex patterns). [36]

Io's volcanic activity results in extreme interactions with Jupiter, constructing the Io plasma torus in a roughly toroidal region surrounding Io's orbit as well as a neutral cloud of sulfur, oxygen, sodium, and potassium atoms which immediately surround the moon. [37] Escaping ions from the plasma torus are responsible for Jupiter's unusually extensive magnetosphere, generating an internal pressure which inflates it from within. [38] Jupiter's intense magnetic field also couples an intense flux tube with Io's atmosphere and its associated neutral cloud to Jupiter's polar upper atmosphere, generating an intense region of auroral glow. [37] Similar, albeit much weaker flux tubes were also discovered to be associated with the other Galilean moons.

Exploration

Due to their ability to support large internal volumes of liquid water, regular moons of the outer Solar System are of particular interest to scientists as targets in the search for extraterrestrial life. Subsurface oceans are believed to be capable of hosting complex organic chemistry, an expectation which was supported after the potential indirect detection of various salts in Europa's ocean and the detection of organic compounds and hydrogen cyanide in Enceladus's plumes. [39] [40] [41] [42] As a result, dedicated missions to investigate the nature and potential habitability of several regular moons' internal oceans have been proposed and launched. [43] [44]

Active missions

Missions in development

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Count derived by adding all inner moons and all rounded moons excluding Triton. For simplicity, Mars's two moons are included, while Saturn's spurious F ring moonlets are excluded.

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