Composition and Physical Properties of Enceladus' Surface

Details Composition and Physical Properties of Enceladus' Surface Composition and Physical Properties of Enceladus' Surface

Mar 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006sci...311.1425b&link_type=abstract

Science, Volume 311, Issue 5766, pp. 1425-1428 (2006).

Computer Science

72

Scientific paper

Observations of Saturn's satellite Enceladus using Cassini's Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer instrument were obtained during three flybys of Enceladus in 2005. Enceladus' surface is composed mostly of nearly pure water ice except near its south pole, where there are light organics, CO2, and amorphous and crystalline water ice, particularly in the region dubbed the ``tiger stripes.'' An upper limit of 5 precipitable nanometers is derived for CO in the atmospheric column above Enceladus, and 2% for NH3 in global surface deposits. Upper limits of 140 kelvin (for a filled pixel) are derived for the temperatures in the tiger stripes.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Composition and Physical Properties of Enceladus' Surface does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Composition and Physical Properties of Enceladus' Surface, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Composition and Physical Properties of Enceladus' Surface will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-983273