Enceladus water vapor plumes

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Enceladus_water_vapor_plumes
GPTKB entity
Statements (37)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf astronomer
gptkbp:agingPotential astrobiology
gptkbp:composition water vapor
organic molecules
salts
ice particles
gptkbp:connectsTo cryovolcanism
subsurface ocean
tidal heating
Saturn's gravity
gptkbp:contains carbon dioxide
methane
ammonia
molecular hydrogen
silica nanoparticles
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:E_ring_of_Saturn
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Cassini_spacecraft
gptkbp:discoveredIn 2005
gptkbp:evidence hydrothermal activity
gptkbp:height up to 500 km
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Enceladus water vapor plumes
gptkbp:location gptkb:Enceladus
gptkbp:minimumPressure low
gptkbp:observedBy gptkb:Cassini_ISS
Cassini CDA
Cassini INMS
Cassini UVIS
gptkbp:possibleImplication prebiotic chemistry
habitability
gptkbp:recurrence linked to Enceladus' orbit
gptkbp:region south polar region
tiger stripes
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:NASA
gptkb:ESA
gptkbp:temperature ~200 Kelvin
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cassini_Ultraviolet_Imaging_Spectrograph
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6