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Geology of the Crüger-Sirsalis Basin: Evidence for prolonged volcanism in the southwestern near side of the Moon
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114875 Bibcode: 2022Icar..37614875S

Bhatt, Megha; Bhardwaj, Anil; Srivastava, Neeraj +1 more

The Pre-Nectarian Crüger-Sirsalis Basin (centered at 16.0°S, 293.0°E; ~ 475 km in diameter) is a primarily degraded and obscured impact basin on the Moon. This study presents the first geological description of the Crüger-Sirsalis Basin using remote sensing datasets from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), Chandrayaan-1, and Kaguya missions. An in…

2022 Icarus
Chandrayaan-1 2
On the Status of the Star Schulte 12 in the Association Cyg OB2
DOI: 10.1134/S1063772922110099 Bibcode: 2022ARep...66..998K

Klochkova, V. G.; Panchuk, V. E.; Islentieva, E. S.

High-resolution spectra of the LBV candidate Schulte 12 in the Cyg OB2 association were obtained at the 6-m BTA telescope with the NES echelle spectrograph on the arbitrary dates in 2001-2022. Variability of the emission profile of Hα and absorptions of He I, Si II with time was found. Based on the radial velocity measurements at 10 obs…

2022 Astronomy Reports
Gaia 2
Activity of the Young Star with an Exoplanet Kepler-1627
DOI: 10.1134/S1063773722040041 Bibcode: 2022AstL...48..267S

Savanov, I. S.

Based on data from the Kepler Space Telescope archive, we have studied the photometric variability of the young solar analog Kepler-1627, a G8V-type star with a planet of 3.777 Earth radii in size and an orbital period ${∼}$7.2 days. Kepler-1627 is a member of the $δ$ Lyr cluster with an age of 38 Myr and is currently the system with the youngest …

2022 Astronomy Letters
Gaia 2
The Radial Evolution of Magnetic Clouds From Helios to Ulysses
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac69c8 Bibcode: 2022ApJ...931...55Z

Wang, Yuming; Li, Xiaolei; Cai, Qiangwei +5 more

The evolution of a magnetic cloud (MC) from the inner heliosphere to the outer heliosphere has been investigated for decades. Although many studies have reported on the evolution of MCs, there is no relevant statistical study about the continuous parametric evolution of the flux rope model of the Gold-Hoyle solution for MCs from near the Sun to 5.…

2022 The Astrophysical Journal
Ulysses 2
The stability of a liquid-water body below the south polar cap of Mars
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115073 Bibcode: 2022Icar..38315073E

Ruiz, Javier; Bramson, Ali M.; Egea-González, Isabel +4 more

Radar data from the Mars Express spacecraft show bright subsurface reflections in the Planum Australe area that could be due to liquid water located at a depth of 1.5 km (Orosei et al., 2018). If this interpretation of the data is correct, the presence of such water would have important implications for the present-day thermal state of the region.…

2022 Icarus
MEx 2
Instability in the System of the Distant Post-AGB Star LS III +52°24 (IRAS 22023+5249)
DOI: 10.1134/S1063772922060051 Bibcode: 2022ARep...66..429K

Miroshnichenko, A. S.; Klochkova, V. G.; Panchuk, V. E. +2 more

The optical spectra of the B-supergiant LS III +52°24 (IRAS 22023+5249) obtained at the 6-m BTA telescope with a resolution ${R} ≥slant 60{\kern 1pt} {\kern 1pt} 000$ in 2010-2021 revealed signs of wind variability and velocity stratification in the extended atmosphere. The neutral hydrogen lines H$α $ and H$β $ have a P Cyg profile; their wind ab…

2022 Astronomy Reports
Gaia 2
Collision of two stellar associations in the nearby Gum Nebula
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab3725 Bibcode: 2022MNRAS.511.4500Y

White, Russel J.; Yep, Alexandra C.

Based on Gaia DR2 data and new CHIRON radial velocities, we have discovered that two nearby stellar associations UPK 535 (318.08 ± 0.29 pc, $25^{+15}_{-10}$ Myr, 174 stars) and Yep 3 (339.54 ± 0.25 pc, $45^{+55}_{-20}$ Myr, 297 stars) in the Gum Nebula have recently collided. We project stars' current positions, motions, and measurement uncertaint…

2022 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gaia 2
Hot magnetic halo of NGC 628 (M 74)
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202243963 Bibcode: 2022A&A...665A..64W

Ehle, M.; Weżgowiec, M.; Soida, M. +4 more

Context. In several spiral galaxies that are observed face-on, large-scale ordered magnetic fields (the so-called magnetic arms) were found. One of the explanations was the action of the magnetic reconnection, which leads to a higher ordering of the magnetic fields. Because it simultaneously converts the energy of the magnetic fields into thermal …

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 2
Towards a consistent model of the hot quadruple system HD 93206 = QZ Carinæ. I. Observations and their initial analyses
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202142108 Bibcode: 2022A&A...666A..23M

Wolf, M.; Chini, R.; Harmanec, P. +18 more

The hot nine-component system HD 93206, which contains a gravitationally bounded eclipsing Ac1+Ac2 binary (P = 5.9987 d) and a spectroscopic Aa1+Aa2 (P = 20.734 d) binary can provide important insights into the origin and evolution of massive stars. Using archival and new spectra, and a rich collection of ground-based and space photometric observa…

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia Hipparcos IUE 2
KIC 6951642: A confirmed Kepler γ Doradus - δ Scuti star with intermediate to fast rotation in a possible single-lined binary system
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202243507 Bibcode: 2022A&A...667A..60S

Gizon, L.; Lampens, P.; Samadi-Ghadim, A.

Context. KIC 6951642 has been reported as a candidate hybrid pulsator of type-γ Doradus - δ Scuti from observations of the first quarters of the Kepler mission. The regular patterns seen in the Fourier spectra of the Kepler and Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite TESS light curves and the sinusoidal modulation of its surface brightness suggest t…

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 2