Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Cassini Finds That "Tiger Stripes" On Enceladus Are Very Young


The Cassini spacecraft discovered the long, cracked features dubbed "tiger stripes" on Saturn's icy moon Enceladus are very young. They are between 10 and 1,000 years old.

These findings support previous results showing the moon's southern pole is active. The pole had episodes of geologic activity as recently as 10 years ago. These cracked features are approximately 80 miles long, spaced about 25 miles apart and run roughly parallel to each another.

Read more here.

PS That's how I found that nifty pict.

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