Enceladus - Wikipedia
Enceladus is the sixth-largest moon of Saturn and the 18th-largest in the Solar System. It is about 500 kilometers (310 miles) in diameter, [5] about a tenth of that of Saturn's largest moon, Titan. It is mostly covered by fresh, clean ice, making it one of the most reflective bodies of …
Moons of Saturn - Wikipedia
Three moons are particularly notable. Titan is the second-largest moon in the Solar System (after Jupiter's Ganymede), with a nitrogen-rich Earth-like atmosphere and a landscape featuring river networks and hydrocarbon lakes. [6] Enceladus emits jets of ice from its south-polar region and is covered in a deep layer of snow. [7]
Enceladus - NASA Science
Saturn’s moon Enceladus is a small, icy world that has geyser-like jets spewing water vapor and ice particles into space. Few worlds in our solar system are as compelling as Enceladus. A handful of worlds are thought to have liquid water oceans beneath their frozen shell, but Enceladus sprays its ocean out into space where spacecraft can ...
Cassini at Enceladus - Science@NASA
Saturn’s moon Enceladus is a small, icy body, but Cassini revealed this ocean world to be one of the solar system’s most scientifically interesting destinations. Cassini discovered that geyser-like jets spew water vapor and ice particles from an underground ocean beneath the icy …
Enceladus, Saturn's Moon - NASA
2012年3月15日 · Below a darkened Enceladus, a plume of water ice is backlit in this view of one of Saturn’s most dramatic moons. Dramatic plumes, both large and small, spray water ice from many locations along the moon’s famed “tiger stripes” near the south pole of Enceladus.
Breathtaking Images Suggest There's Fresh Ice on One of Saturn's …
2020年9月21日 · These fractures are generated by tidal forces on the moon as it makes its eccentric orbit around Saturn. The planet pulls and stretches Enceladus, giving rise to internal heating and geothermal activity, and creating cracks in the surface ice at the south pole.
Enceladus: Secrets of Saturn's Strangest Moon
2008年12月1日 · When the Voyager 2 spacecraft sped through the Saturnian system more than a quarter of a century ago, it came within 90,000 kilometers of the moon Enceladus. Over the course of a few hours, its...
Saturn's ocean moon Enceladus has fresh ice in unexpected place
2020年9月21日 · Saturn's geyser-spewing moon Enceladus may be even more active than scientists had thought. Fresh images created using data from NASA's dead Cassini spacecraft show that Enceladus' northern...
There's a weird, disappearing dark spot on Saturn's moon Enceladus
2024年12月15日 · E ring particles refer to the super small water ice particles in Saturn's rings. Potentially, the team reasons, some of those particles could be helping build the sheet covering the dark spot.
Saturn’s Icy Realm - Science@NASA
2005年7月8日 · Three of Saturn's icy moons are seen here, along with the magnificent water-ice rings and the cold gaseous envelope of the planet's atmosphere. Saturn's dark shadow stretches completely across the rings. At nine and a half times farther from the Sun than Earth, Saturn inhabits the deep cold of the outer solar system.