SPECIALSECTION RESEARCH ARTICLE Cassini Observes the Active
Cassini has identified a geologically active province at the south pole of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. In images acquired by the Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS), this region is circumscribed by a chain of folded ridges and troughs at È55-S latitude. The terrain southward of this boundary is distinguish...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.394.2530 2023-05-15T18:22:26+02:00 SPECIALSECTION RESEARCH ARTICLE Cassini Observes the Active South Pole Of Enceladus The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.394.2530 http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/wisdom/porco-enceladus.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.394.2530 http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/wisdom/porco-enceladus.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/wisdom/porco-enceladus.pdf text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T02:23:51Z Cassini has identified a geologically active province at the south pole of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. In images acquired by the Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS), this region is circumscribed by a chain of folded ridges and troughs at È55-S latitude. The terrain southward of this boundary is distinguished by its albedo and color contrasts, elevated temperatures, extreme geologic youth, and narrow tectonic rifts that exhibit coarse-grained ice and coincide with the hottest temperatures measured in the region. Jets of fine icy particles that supply Saturn’s E ring emanate from this province, carried aloft by water vapor probably venting from subsurface reservoirs of liquid water. The shape of Enceladus suggests a possible intense heating epoch in the past by capture into a 1:4 secondary spin/orbit resonance. Within 6 months of entering Saturn orbit on 1 July 2004 UTC, the Cassini spacecraft began a year of intense examination of the major icy satellites of Saturn. Text South pole Unknown South Pole |
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Cassini has identified a geologically active province at the south pole of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. In images acquired by the Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS), this region is circumscribed by a chain of folded ridges and troughs at È55-S latitude. The terrain southward of this boundary is distinguished by its albedo and color contrasts, elevated temperatures, extreme geologic youth, and narrow tectonic rifts that exhibit coarse-grained ice and coincide with the hottest temperatures measured in the region. Jets of fine icy particles that supply Saturn’s E ring emanate from this province, carried aloft by water vapor probably venting from subsurface reservoirs of liquid water. The shape of Enceladus suggests a possible intense heating epoch in the past by capture into a 1:4 secondary spin/orbit resonance. Within 6 months of entering Saturn orbit on 1 July 2004 UTC, the Cassini spacecraft began a year of intense examination of the major icy satellites of Saturn. |
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