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Ongoing hydrothermal activities within Enceladus

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  • Hsiang-Wen Hsu

    (Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado)

  • Frank Postberg

    (Institut für Geowissenschaften, Universität Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
    Institut für Raumfahrtsysteme, Universität Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany)

  • Yasuhito Sekine

    (University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8561, Japan)

  • Takazo Shibuya

    (Laboratory of Ocean–Earth Life Evolution Research, JAMSTEC, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan)

  • Sascha Kempf

    (Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado)

  • Mihály Horányi

    (Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado)

  • Antal Juhász

    (Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado
    Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics, Wigner RCP, 1121 Budapest, Hungary)

  • Nicolas Altobelli

    (European Space Agency, ESAC, E-28691 Madrid, Spain)

  • Katsuhiko Suzuki

    (Research and Development Center for Submarine Resources, JAMSTEC, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan)

  • Yuka Masaki

    (Research and Development Center for Submarine Resources, JAMSTEC, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan)

  • Tatsu Kuwatani

    (Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8579, Japan)

  • Shogo Tachibana

    (Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan)

  • Sin-iti Sirono

    (Graduate School of Environmental Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan)

  • Georg Moragas-Klostermeyer

    (Institut für Raumfahrtsysteme, Universität Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany)

  • Ralf Srama

    (Institut für Raumfahrtsysteme, Universität Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany)

Abstract

Analysis of silicon-rich, nanometre-sized dust particles near Saturn shows them to consist of silica, which was initially embedded in icy grains emitted from Enceladus’ subsurface waters and released by sputter erosion in Saturn’s E ring; their properties indicate their ongoing formation and transport by high-temperature hydrothermal reactions from the ocean floor and up into the plume of Enceladus.

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  • Hsiang-Wen Hsu & Frank Postberg & Yasuhito Sekine & Takazo Shibuya & Sascha Kempf & Mihály Horányi & Antal Juhász & Nicolas Altobelli & Katsuhiko Suzuki & Yuka Masaki & Tatsu Kuwatani & Shogo Tachiban, 2015. "Ongoing hydrothermal activities within Enceladus," Nature, Nature, vol. 519(7542), pages 207-210, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:519:y:2015:i:7542:d:10.1038_nature14262
    DOI: 10.1038/nature14262
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