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There are two new Enceladus-related papers in the May 17, 2007, issue of Nature: one by Nimmo et al. and one by Hurford et al. There is also an accompanying News and Views piece by Andrew Dombard. See the Editor's Summary for a synopsis and links.

Note: Those without access to Nature may wish to keep an eye on Nimmo's publication page. Reprints are often posted there.

This post has been edited by AlexBlackwell: May 16 2007, 05:03 PM

[volcanopele]

hmm, interesting papers. My only comment is that the predicted shear stress, which leads to variations in long-term heat flow, doesn't quite match the CIRS observations. In particular, it seems to predict that the anti-Saturnian ends of Cairo and Alexandria Sulci are coolest while CIRS shows this as a local maximum. The explanation for the temperatures observed however definitely seems plausible.