Using Shadows To Measure the Geysers of Enceladus

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Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday April 17, 2012 @07:25PM from the easier-than-breaking-out-the-yardstick dept.

The Bad Astronomer writes "A lot of folks are posting about the amazing new pictures of the icy moon Enceladus returned from the Cassini spacecraft. However, one of them shows the shadow of the moon across the geyser plumes. This has been seen before, but I suddenly realized how that can help determine the geysers' locations, and I thought Slashdot readers might be interested in the general method."

Using Shadows To Measure the Geysers of Enceladus

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by Esteanil ( 710082 ) * writes: on Tuesday April 17, 2012 @07:30PM (#39717669) Homepage Journal

http://www.ciclops.org/view_media/36124/Tethys_Rev_164_Raw_Preview_1 [ciclops.org]
That's no moon. It's a space station!

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by Cazekiel ( 1417893 ) writes: on Tuesday April 17, 2012 @07:41PM (#39717749)

Icons of this [ciclops.org]. It shall be done.
Gorgeous, gorgeous.

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