Enceladus Plume Search, Nov. 27 |
Enceladus Plume Search, Nov. 27 |
Nov 24 2005, 04:01 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1465 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Columbus OH USA Member No.: 13 |
Interesting item in the science plan kernel (S16) just released to the NAIF website:
OBSERVATION_ID: S1629 SEQUENCE: S16 OBSERVATION_TITLE: Plume Search SCIENCE_OBJECTIVE: Hope to detect/observe plumes, whether from volcanic activity or geysers. OBS_DESCRIPTION: Point and stare. SUBSYSTEM: ISS PRIMARY_POINTING: ISS_NAC to Enceladus (0.0,5.0,0.0 deg. offset) REQUEST_ID: ISS_018EN_PLUMES001_PRIME REQUEST_TITLE: ENCELADUS Geyser/Plume Search REQ_DESCRIPTION: 1;ENCELADUS Geyser/Plume Search 1x1xNPp -- 3 different exposures BEGIN_TIME: 2005 NOV 27 19:00:00 UTC END_TIME: 2005 NOV 27 20:00:00 UTC -------------------- |
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Nov 28 2005, 03:21 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3009 Joined: 30-October 04 Member No.: 105 |
Whew.
I'm not as up on the entire archive of Enceladus images as I should be, but do we have a set of earlier images of the south polar region? --Bill -------------------- |
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Nov 28 2005, 03:27 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1465 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Columbus OH USA Member No.: 13 |
Too bad there isn't plume evidence on the dark limb though, rather than just where one might expect a "diamond ring" effect?
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Nov 28 2005, 03:35 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2530 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 321 |
QUOTE (jmknapp @ Nov 28 2005, 07:27 AM) Too bad there isn't plume evidence on the dark limb though, rather than just where one might expect a "diamond ring" effect? Yeah, it's enough to make a jury consider acquitting... but I think this is a clincher for anyone who doesn't want to pop the champagne prematurely: Instead of one flare due to a bright limb, there are three distinct ones, with darkening inbetween. If we were merely seeing supersaturated brightness bleeding out, why wouldn't it bleed in the areas between the plumes, too? After all, they have more bright limb near them than the two outer plumes do. This is a done deal -- Enceladus is venting. Now the interesting questions are: What is the shape and volume of the reservoir that is providing the fireworks? What is the access from subsurface to surface? And can we drop a submarine in there? |
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