Planetary science: Enceladus - Oasis or ice ball?

Science

Volumn 320, Issue 5882, 2008, Pages 1432-1433

  Kieffer, Susan W ^a   Jakosky, Bruce M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HYDROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXYGEN; ELEMENT; ICE; NITROGEN; WATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ICE; MOON; OASIS; SATELLITE; SATURN;

ASTHENOSPHERIC UPWELLING; ASTRONOMY; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENT; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; SHORT SURVEY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WATER VAPOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; LIFE; MICROCLIMATE; TEMPERATURE;

CARBON; ELEMENTS; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROGEN; ICE; LIFE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SATURN; SOLAR SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 45849100931     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1159702     Document Type: Short Survey

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