An observed correlation between plume activity and tidal stresses on Enceladus

Nature

Volumn 500, Issue 7461, 2013, Pages 182-184

  Hedman, M M ^a   Gosmeyer, C M ^b   Nicholson, P D ^a   Sotin, C ^c   Brown, R H ^d   Clark, R N ^e   Baines, K H ^c   Buratti, B J ^c   Showalter, M R ^f  

^a National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^f SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE CRYSTAL; MOON; PLUME; SATURN; TIDAL CURRENT; WATER VAPOR;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BRIGHTNESS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FORCE; GAS; HEAT; MOON; ORBIT; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TENSION; WATER VAPOR;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; SOUTH POLE;

EID: 84881481481     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12371     Document Type: Article

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