Spontaneous formation of geysers at only one pole on Enceladus’s ice shell

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
• Main Authors: Kang, Wanying, Flierl, Glenn
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: National Academy of Sciences 2020
• Subjects: Physical Sciences; South Pole; Thumb; South pole
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7334464/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32546519; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2001648117

The ice shell on Enceladus, an icy moon of Saturn, exhibits strong asymmetry between the northern and southern hemispheres, with all known geysers concentrated over the south pole, even though the expected pattern of tidal forced deformation should be symmetric between the north and south poles. Usi...