Ion Composition Measurements in the Enceladus Plumes

Details Ion Composition Measurements in the Enceladus Plumes Ion Composition Measurements in the Enceladus Plumes

Dec 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010agufm.p33a1567g&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2010, abstract #P33A-1567

Physics

Plasma Physics

[5422] Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets / Ices, [5443] Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets / Magnetospheres, [6280] Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects / Saturnian Satellites, [7823] Space Plasma Physics / Ionization Processes

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The Cassini spacecraft has flown by Saturn's icy moon Enceladus several times during the six years of orbiting the planet. The surprising discovery of the jets of water/ice from the southern hemisphere of this moon has stimulated considerable discussion regarding the possible nature and especially temperature of the internal reservoir for these jets. We have reported (as have others) on in situ measurements of the plasma composition in the neighborhood of Enceladus. In the present report we concentrate on measurements of the ion composition in the plumes themselves. We have used data from the Cassini Plasma Spectrometer (CAPS) and a simple model of the plume structure. We also compare these results with predictions of a chemical network model (Boice and Goldstein, this session).

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