Composition and physical properties of Enceladus' surface

Robert H. Brown; Roger N. Clark; Bonnie J. Buratti; Dale P. Cruikshank; Jason W. Barnes; Rachel M.E. Mastrapa; J. Bauer; S. Newman; T. Momary; K. H. Baines; G. Bellucci; F. Capaccioni; P. Cerroni; M. Combes; A. Coradini; P. Drossart; V. Formisano; R. Jaumann; Y. Langavin; D. L. Matson; T. B. McCord; R. M. Nelson; P. D. Nicholson; B. Sicardy; C. Sotin

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Composition and physical properties of Enceladus' surface

Robert H. Brown, Roger N. Clark, Bonnie J. Buratti, Dale P. Cruikshank, Jason W. Barnes, Rachel M.E. Mastrapa, J. Bauer, S. Newman, T. Momary, K. H. Baines, G. Bellucci, F. Capaccioni, P. Cerroni, M. Combes, A. Coradini, P. Drossart, V. Formisano, R. Jaumann, Y. Langavin, D. L. MatsonT. B. McCord, R. M. Nelson, P. D. Nicholson, B. Sicardy, C. Sotin

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Observations of Saturn's satellite Enceladus using Cassini's Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer instrument were obtained during three flybys of Enceladus in 2005. Enceladus' surface is composed mostly of nearly pure water ice except near its south pole, where there are light organics, CO₂, and amorphous and crystalline water ice, particularly in the region dubbed the "tiger stripes." An upper limit of 5 precipitable nanometers is derived for CO in the atmospheric column above Enceladus, and 2% for NH ₃ in global surface deposits. Upper limits of 140 kelvin (for a filled pixel) are derived for the temperatures in the tiger stripes.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1425-1428
Number of pages	4
Journal	Science
Volume	311
Issue number	5766
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1121031
State	Published - Mar 10 2006

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Brown, R. H., Clark, R. N., Buratti, B. J., Cruikshank, D. P., Barnes, J. W., Mastrapa, R. M. E., Bauer, J., Newman, S., Momary, T., Baines, K. H., Bellucci, G., Capaccioni, F., Cerroni, P., Combes, M., Coradini, A., Drossart, P., Formisano, V., Jaumann, R., Langavin, Y., ... Sotin, C. (2006). Composition and physical properties of Enceladus' surface. Science, 311(5766), 1425-1428. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1121031

Brown, RH, Clark, RN, Buratti, BJ, Cruikshank, DP, Barnes, JW, Mastrapa, RME, Bauer, J, Newman, S, Momary, T, Baines, KH, Bellucci, G, Capaccioni, F, Cerroni, P, Combes, M, Coradini, A, Drossart, P, Formisano, V, Jaumann, R, Langavin, Y, Matson, DL, McCord, TB, Nelson, RM, Nicholson, PD, Sicardy, B & Sotin, C 2006, 'Composition and physical properties of Enceladus' surface', Science, vol. 311, no. 5766, pp. 1425-1428. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1121031

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