{"id":359701,"date":"2010-02-24T17:24:24","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T22:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/80beats\/?p=10819"},"modified":"2010-02-24T17:24:24","modified_gmt":"2010-02-24T22:24:24","slug":"more-watery-eruptions-and-more-heat-on-saturn%e2%80%99s-moon-enceladus-80beats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/359701","title":{"rendered":"More Watery Eruptions, and More Heat, on Saturn\u2019s Moon Enceladus | 80beats"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"EnceladusFracture\"Water, water everywhere. Another pass of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, made by the Cassini<\/a> spacecraft last November, shows at least 30 geysers blasting water from the moon’s south pole. That’s 20 more than were previously known at that location. In addition, the most detailed infrared map of one of the south pole’s fissures, where jets emanate, indicates that the surface temperature there might be as high as 200 kelvins (-73\u00ba Celsius), or about 20 kelvins warmer than previously estimated [Discovery News<\/a>]<\/span>. Cassini drew to within about 1,000 miles of Enceladus to measure this geological feature, which is a fracture–one of the moon’s so-called “tiger stripes”–about a quarter-mile deep officially called Baghdad Sulcus.<\/p>\n

While 200 kelvins is still a frigid temperature for we humans, research team member John Spencer said it could make a big difference on Enceladus. \u201cThe huge amount of heat pouring out of the tiger stripe fractures may be enough to melt the ice underground,\u201d Spencer said.\u00a0\u201dResults like this make Enceladus one of the most exciting places we\u2019ve found in the solar system\u201d [Wired.com<\/em><\/a>]<\/span>.<\/p>\n

For more info (and some spectacular photos), check out DISCOVER blogger Phil Plait’s post at Bad Astronomy<\/a>. And see 80beats’ previous coverage of Enceladus<\/a> below:<\/p>\n

Bad Astronomy: Enceladus Is Erupting!<\/a>
\n80beats: Cassini Probe Finds “Ingredients For Life” on Saturn’s Moon Enceladus<\/a>
\n80beats: Antifreeze Might Allow For Oceans\u2014And Life\u2014On Enceladus<\/a>
\n80beats: Does Enceladus, Saturn\u2019s Geyser-Spouting Moon, Have Liquid Oceans?<\/a>
\n80beats: New Evidence of Hospitable Conditions for Life on Saturn\u2019s Moons<\/a>
\n80beats: Geysers From Saturn\u2019s Moon May Indicate Liquid Lakes, and a Chance for Life<\/a>
\n80beats: Cassini Spacecraft Snaps Pictures of Saturn\u2019s Geyser-Spouting Moon<\/a><\/p>\n

Image: NASA\/JPL\/GSFC\/SWRI\/SSI<\/em><\/p>\n

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