Enceladus: An Active Cryovolcanic Satellite

• Main Authors: Spencer, John R., Barr, Amy C., Esposito, Larry W., Helfenstein, Paul, Ingersoll, Andrew P., Jaumann, Ralf, McKay, Christopher P., Nimmo, Francis, Waite, J. Hunter
• Other Authors: Dougherty, Michele K., Krimigis, Stamatios M.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer 2009
• Subjects: Institut für Planetenforschung; South Pole; Stripe; South pole
• Online Access: https://elib.dlr.de/61580/

Enceladus is one of the most remarkable satellites in the solar system, as revealed by Cassini's detection of active plumes erupting from warm fractures near its south pole. This discovery makes Enceladus the only icy satellite known to exhibit ongoing internally driven geological activity. The...