The INMS Case for Habitability at Enceladus
Abstract
Cassini carried out 22 flybys of Enceladus. During seven of these flybys the Cassini Ion Neutral Mass Spectrometer obtained important information about the composition of the plume. The data sets will be reviewed with an emphasis on what we have learned about the characteristics of the internal ocean and what this tells us about the potential habitability of Enceladus.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2016
- Bibcode:
- 2016AGUFM.P33A2121W
- Keywords:
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- 5215 Origin of life;
- PLANETARY SCIENCES: ASTROBIOLOGYDE: 6282 Enceladus;
- PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS