Curtain eruptions from Enceladus’ south-polar terrain
@article{Spitale2015CurtainEF, title={Curtain eruptions from Enceladus’ south-polar terrain}, author={Joseph Nicholas Spitale and Terry Anthony Hurford and Alyssa Rose Rhoden and Emily E. Berkson and Symeon S. Platts}, journal={Nature}, year={2015}, volume={521}, pages={57-60} }
Observations of the south pole of the Saturnian moon Enceladus revealed large rifts in the south-polar terrain, informally called ‘tiger stripes’, named Alexandria, Baghdad, Cairo and Damascus Sulci. These fractures have been shown to be the sources of the observed jets of water vapour and icy particles and to exhibit higher temperatures than the surrounding terrain. Subsequent observations have focused on obtaining close-up imaging of this region to better characterize these emissions. Recent…
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