Data obtained by the Cassini spacecraft show that the plume of ice particles at the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus is four times brighter when the moon is farthest away from the planet than when it is closest. See Letter p.182
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Access options
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 51 print issues and online access
$199.00 per year
only $3.90 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on Springer Link
- Instant access to full article PDF
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE/JPL/NASA
Notes
*This article and the paper under discussion1 were published online on 31 July 2013.
References
Hedman, M. M. et al. Nature 500, 182–184 (2013).
Hurford, T. A., Helfenstein, P., Hoppa, G. V., Greenberg, R. & Bills, B. G. Nature 447, 292–294 (2007).
Spencer, J. R. & Nimmo, F. Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. 41, 693–717 (2013).
Postberg, F., Schmidt, J., Hillier, J., Kempf, S. & Srama, R. Nature 474, 620–622 (2011).
Waite, J. H. et al. Nature 460, 487–490 (2009).
Spitale, J. N. & Porco, C. C. Nature 449, 695–697 (2007).
Roberts, J. H. & Nimmo, F. Icarus 194, 675–689 (2008).
Collins, G. C. & Goodman, J. C. Icarus 189, 72–82 (2007).
Porco, C., DiNino, D. & Nimmo, F. 44th Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. abstr. 1775 (2013).
Crow-Willard, E. & Pappalardo, R. T. EPSC Abstr. 6, EPSC-DPS2011-635-1 (2011).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Spencer, J. Saturn's tides control Enceladus' plume. Nature 500, 155–156 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12462
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12462
