Open AccessWhere Are the Electrical Currents in the Enceladus Plume?
Author(s) -
Mark von Zastrow
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2017eo077223
Subject(s) - enceladus , plume , astrobiology , saturn , geology , icy moon , current (fluid) , environmental science , geophysics , physics , astronomy , meteorology , planet , oceanography
A plume of water ice that escapes Saturn’s moon Enceladus should be coursing with electrical currents, but data are mixed. Now simulations suggest that a sticky dust cloud may shield signals.