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Enceladus Plume-Orbital Effects?, Does Enceladus have a low-thrust rocket?

nprev View Member Profile	Dec 6 2006, 03:02 AM Post #1
Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8791 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602	One interesting question that needs to be answered is just how long Enceladus' plume has lasted over geological time. Just out of curiosity, has anybody calculated how much "thrust" is generated by this continuous outgassing? Reason I ask is that there just might be enough cumulative effect to cause axial instability, and therefore possibly explain some of the moon's odd geology. Perhaps the hot spot is migratory? -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.

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nprev Enceladus Plume-Orbital Effects? Dec 6 2006, 03:02 AM

ugordan OTOH, the thrust is really, really, really too wea... Dec 6 2006, 08:17 AM

tasp If most of the plume follows ballistic trajectory ... Dec 6 2006, 02:19 PM

dvandorn Bringing it down to spacecraft terms, though, whil... Dec 6 2006, 07:25 PM

ugordan That, too, will be miniscule. The "thrust... Dec 6 2006, 09:08 PM

mchan QUOTE (ugordan @ Dec 6 2006, 01:08 PM) Th... Dec 8 2006, 03:55 AM

ugordan Yeah, but that orthogonal portion of the vector wa... Dec 8 2006, 07:58 AM

tty QUOTE (ugordan @ Dec 8 2006, 08:58 AM) Th... Dec 8 2006, 09:13 PM

ugordan Ahh, but it is totally insignificant to the orbita... Dec 9 2006, 12:53 AM

nprev Asked and answered--good stuff, gentlemen, thanks.... Dec 7 2006, 07:14 PM

ngunn Tasp dealt with the component perpendicular to the... Dec 8 2006, 01:01 PM

dvandorn Yes, but... I seem to recall that various analyse... Dec 9 2006, 03:24 AM

ugordan IIRC, the diapir-induced orientation of the moon h... Dec 9 2006, 11:56 AM

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