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SEA SPRAY FROM AN ICY MOON.
- Source :
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Earth . Sep2009, Vol. 54 Issue 9, p29-29. 2/3p. 2 Color Photographs. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- The article talks about giant jets of water and ice spurting from Saturn's moon Enceladus. The sea spray was caught by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Cassini spacecraft in 2005. According to the author, the source of the water vapor can be a shallow ocean just beneath the moon's crust or a freshwater reservoir in the interior of the planet but two studies revealed that the jets came from a salty, deeply buried ocean on Enceladus.
- Subjects :
- *WATER
*REFRIGERANTS
*ICE
*PHYSICAL geography
*SATURN (Planet)
*ENCELADUS (Satellite)
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1943345X
- Volume :
- 54
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Earth
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 46986734