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Cold cases: What we don't know about Saturn's Moons

Authors :
Chris Paranicas
C. J. Hansen
B. J. Buratti
Carly Howett
Jonathan I. Lunine
Roger N. Clark
Amanda R. Hendrix
F. J. Crary
Source :
Planetary and Space Science. 155:41-49
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2018.

Abstract

The Cassini-Huygens mission turned the moons of Saturn into tangible worlds. Although the discoveries from the spacecraft have been compiled in various review articles (e. g., Dougherty et al., 2009), there is no single publication that summarizes the remaining outstanding questions. Drawing on a workshop sponsored by the Cassini Project, we summarize the unanswered questions for the main icy moons of Saturn – Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Phoebe - for the disciplines of surface composition, geology, thermal properties, Enceladus's plume activity, interiors, and the interactions between Saturn's magnetosphere and the moons.

Details

ISSN :
00320633
Volume :
155
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Planetary and Space Science
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........47acf34fbd8bd65bb3b92c3ec5dc874d
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2017.11.017