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Cosmic rays could power Enceladus plumes
SigurRosFan
post Oct 10 2006, 07:43 AM
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- Cosmic rays could power icy moon's plumes (New Scientist)


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post Oct 11 2006, 05:23 AM
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Yeah, I don't quite buy it either. You still have to explain why Enceladus is gifted with geologic activity and not Mimas. The author suggests that this works on Enceladus because maybe it has Ammonia-rich slush near the surface, but then you would still need a heat source to get that...


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post Oct 11 2006, 02:24 PM
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QUOTE (volcanopele @ Oct 10 2006, 10:23 PM) *
Yeah, I don't quite buy it either.


It sounds like an explanation of Spiderman's powers. All very fine and well at the hand-waving level.
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- SigurRosFan   Cosmic rays could power Enceladus plumes   Oct 10 2006, 07:43 AM
- - Rob Pinnegar   Hmmm, a refreshingly strange idea. I guess they sh...   Oct 11 2006, 04:47 AM
- - volcanopele   Yeah, I don't quite buy it either. You still ...   Oct 11 2006, 05:23 AM
- - Rob Pinnegar   ...And then you also have to explain why Enceladus...   Oct 11 2006, 01:48 PM
- - JRehling   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Oct 10 2006, 10:23 P...   Oct 11 2006, 02:24 PM

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