Space-Based Data Centers and Cooling: Feasibility Analysis via Multi-Criteria and Query Search for Water-Bearing Asteroids Showing Novel Underlying Regular and Symmetric Patterns

被引：1

作者：

Periola, Ayodele ^{[1
]}

Alonge, Akintunde ^{[2
]}

Ogudo, Kingsley ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Cape Peninsula Univ Technol, Elect Elect & Comp Engn, ZA-7530 Bellville, South Africa

[2] Univ Johannesburg, Elect & Elect Engn Technol, ZA-2092 Johannesburg, South Africa

来源：

SYMMETRY-BASEL | 2023年 / 15卷 / 07期

关键词：

asteroids; servers; space; data centers; water; ORGANICS; ICE;

D O I：

10.3390/sym15071326

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Space-based data centers (SBDCs) are environment-friendly and do not make use of Earth's water resources for cooling. The cooling of SBDCs can be realized via using water aboard asteroids. The feasibility of this approach requires further consideration and has not received sufficient research attention. The study being presented investigates the existence of water-bearing asteroids whose water resources can potentially be used for cooling the server payloads aboard the SBDC. This is undertaken by executing multi-criteria search queries on the Asterank asteroid database. Data analysis shows that water can be accessed from asteroids at less than 0.26 AU by privately owned space vehicles designed for Earth-to-Mars missions. In addition, the results of data analysis show that there is a regularity and symmetric pattern among different asteroids. This arises as asteroids with different identities have the same near-Earth distance and upcoming approaches.

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