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Cassini Dust Measurements at Enceladus and Implications for the Origin of the E Ring

Published:2006-03-10 Issue:5766 Volume:311 Page:1416-1418
ISSN:0036-8075
Container-title:Science
language:en
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Author:

Spahn Frank¹²³⁴⁵,Schmidt Jürgen¹²³⁴⁵,Albers Nicole¹²³⁴⁵,Hörning Marcel¹²³⁴⁵,Makuch Martin¹²³⁴⁵,Seiß Martin¹²³⁴⁵,Kempf Sascha¹²³⁴⁵,Srama Ralf¹²³⁴⁵,Dikarev Valeri¹²³⁴⁵,Helfert Stefan¹²³⁴⁵,Moragas-Klostermeyer Georg¹²³⁴⁵,Krivov Alexander V.¹²³⁴⁵,Sremčević Miodrag¹²³⁴⁵,Tuzzolino Anthony J.¹²³⁴⁵,Economou Thanasis¹²³⁴⁵,Grün Eberhard¹²³⁴⁵

Affiliation:

1. Institut für Physik, Universität Potsdam, Am Neuen Palais 10, Haus 19, D-14469 Potsdam, Germany.

2. Max Planck Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.

3. Astrophysikalisches Institut, Friedrich Schiller Universität, 07745 Jena, Germany.

4. Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.

5. Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80303, USA.

Abstract

During Cassini's close flyby of Enceladus on 14 July 2005, the High Rate Detector of the Cosmic Dust Analyzer registered micron-sized dust particles enveloping this satellite. The dust impact rate peaked about 1 minute before the closest approach of the spacecraft to the moon. This asymmetric signature is consistent with a locally enhanced dust production in the south polar region of Enceladus. Other Cassini experiments revealed evidence for geophysical activities near Enceladus' south pole: a high surface temperature and a release of water gas. Production or release of dust particles related to these processes may provide the dominant source of Saturn's E ring.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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