Enceladus Jet Sources |
Enceladus Jet Sources |
Oct 10 2007, 05:20 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
New press release by the imaging team:
Cassini Pinpoints Hot Sources of Jets on Enceladus October 10, 2007 (Source: Space Science Institute) CICLOPS link to the release here. One thing I was curious about tiger stripe naming - why didn't they switch "Baghdad" and "Cairo" so we have a nice A,B,C,D progression? I can only imagine it was done on purpose, but why? -------------------- |
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Aug 26 2009, 05:29 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 204 Joined: 14-April 06 From: Seattle, WA Member No.: 745 |
This is not scientific, but I love the "misty caverns" model.... imagine spelunking those! Really love how mysterious and complex Enceladus is... so much to learn. I listened in on the CHARM teleconference with Postberg today, and he seems to think it is very scientific. PDF Presentation He made what seems a strong case that the distribution of particles in the E-ring must come from pools of effervescent liquid salt water within a kilometer or two (or less) of the surface of the south pole. Depending on how much convection there is, the pools are likely to have a total area of hundreds to thousands of square kilometers. He has a slide of Terran ice caves and hypothesizes complex arches and pillars in the gravity field that is little more than 1% of that on Earth. I am sure that there will be further debate, but the image that he suggests is a very "mysterious and complex" environment. I can't wait until the the artists run with this vision. |
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