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Development of Korean Lunar Highland Soil Simulant (KIGAM-L1)

한국형 달 고원 모사토(KIGAM-L1) 개발

  • Tae-Yun Kang (Department of Astronomy, Space Science and Geology, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Eojin Kim (Natural Science Research Institute, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Kyeong Ja Kim (Korea institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
  • 강태윤 (충남대학교 우주지질학과) ;
  • 김어진 (충남대학교 자연과학연구소) ;
  • 김경자 (한국지질자원연구원)
  • Received : 2024.04.14
  • Accepted : 2024.05.02
  • Published : 2024.05.31
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Abstract

Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), launched in August 2022, is successfully carrying out its mission. Korea's lunar lander and rover programs are expected to proceed in the future. To successfully carry out the mission after the lunar lander has landed on the surface, the performance of the equipment to be mounted should be checked in a laboratory environment similar to the Moon. Scientists and engineers of several countries, including the United States and China, use lunar soil simulant which is developed to resemble lunar soil for simulating the surface of the lunar landing site. Several lunar probe landing sites are being discussed in Korea, and lunar soil simulants such as Korea Hanyang Lunar Simulant-1 (KOHLS-1), Korea Aerospace University Mechanical Lunar Simulants (KAUMLS), and Korea Lunar Simulant-1 (KLS-1), which are similar to the characteristics of lunar mare soil, have been developed. However, those simulants are not useful if the landing site is chosen as a highland area. In this study, we introduce the process of developing KIGAM-L1, a lunar highland soil simulant similar to the chemical composition of the Apollo 16 lunar soil sample and the particle size distribution of lunar soil sample 60500-1, in case the lunar lander lands at highland area.

2022년 8월 발사된 한국형 탐사선(KPLO)이 현재 임무를 성공적으로 수행하고 있으며, 향후 한국의 달 착륙선과 로버 프로그램이 진행될 것으로 기대된다. 달착륙선이 표면에 착륙한 후 임무를 성공적으로 수행하기 위해서는 장착할 장비의 성능을 달과 유사한 실험실 환경에서 점검해야 한다. 이를 위해 달 착륙 지점의 표면을 시뮬레이션하기 위해 미국, 중국 등 여러 나라에서 아폴로 착륙선의 달 토양 샘플과 유사한 달 토양 모사토를 개발하여 사용한다. 국내에서도 여러 달 탐사선 착륙지가 거론되고 있고 달 바다 토양의 특성과 유사한 달 토양 모사토 KOHLS-1(Korea Hanyang Lunar Simulant-1), KAUMLS(Korea Aerospace University Mechanical Lunar Simulants), KLS-1(Korea Lunar Simulant-1)가 개발되었다. 그러나 착륙 장소로 달 고원 지대가 선택될 경우에는 앞의 세 가지 모사토는 유용하지 않다. 본 연구에서는 달 착륙선이 고원 지대에 착륙하는 경우를 대비하여 아폴로 16호 달 토양 샘플의 화학적 조성과 달 토양 샘플 60500-1의 입자 크기 분포를 기준으로 모사하여 달 고지대 토양 모사토 KIGAM-L1을 개발하는 과정을 소개한다.

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Acknowledgement

본 논문은 제1저자인 강태윤의 충남대학교 석사학위 논문의 일부를 발췌하여 작성이 되었음을 밝힙니다. 본 연구는 정부(과학기술정보통신부)의 재원으로 한 국지질자원연구원의 지원을 받아 수행되었습니다(KIGAM, 23-3216). 또한 본 연구는 정부(과학기술정보통신부)의 재원으로 한국연구재단의 지원을 받아 수행되었습니다(NRF-2022R1A2C1092602).

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