During the study it was found that on Enceladus geological activity is present.
Automatic station NASA Cassini showed the amazing possibilities of a powerful geysers of Enceladus – an icy moon of Saturn.
The geological activity of the satellite increases as the distance of Enceladus from the parent planet. The further the moon moves away from Saturn, the more powerful became the geysers of Enceladus.
Spacecraft NASA Cassini arrived at Saturn in 2004. Then scientists were able to detect continuous geological activity of the ice moon of Saturn – Enceladus. Now, as observations of the moon, scientists have concluded that the power of the geysers of Enceladus increases with the removal of the satellite in its orbit from the parent planet, writes portal In-space.ru. The causes of these oddities in the behavior of the satellite is not installed, although planetary scientists are just beginning to experience the mysterious world of the under-ice ocean of Enceladus, which may contain biological life.
Apparatus Cassini showed that about 90% of the geyser steam. The rest falls on the dust and other mineral particles. Researchers from the University of Colorado at boulder believed that the amount of water vapor, spewing geysers of Enceladus in the South polar parts, will vary as the distance from Saturn. Instead, changing the power of the individual jets, but the total number of water vapor remains stable. Scientists using computer simulations try to explain what is happening on the surface and inside of a moon of Saturn.
