Full Citation: Cable, M. L., Neveu, M., Hsu, H.-W., and Hoehler, T. M. (2020). Enceladus. In Planetary Astrobiology (V. S. Meadows et al., eds.), pp. 505516. Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, DOI: 10.2458/azu_uapress_9780816540068-ch009.
Abstract: Enceladus, a small moon in orbit around Saturn, has been full of surprises since it was first identified in 1789. The discovery of Enceladus is credited in part to William Herschel, who was fortuitously observing Saturn at equinox. During equinox, the Sun and Earth are aligned edge-on with the rings of Saturn, reducing the observed reflection of sunlight off the rings (ringshine), which is usually bright enough to mask Enceladus from most telescopes. Enceladus is named after one of the Titans, giants in Greek mythology, and contrary to its small size (504 km or 313 miles in diameter), it has…
URL: https://doi.org/10.2458/azu_uapress_9780816540068