Cold cases: What we don't know about Saturn's Moons

被引:5
作者
Buratti, B. J. [1 ]
Clark, R. N. [2 ]
Crary, F. [3 ]
Hansen, C. J. [2 ]
Hendrix, A. R. [2 ]
Howett, C. J. A. [4 ]
Lunine, J. [5 ]
Paranicas, C. [6 ]
机构
[1] CALTECH, Jet Prop Lab, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
[2] Planetary Sci Inst, Tucson, AZ USA
[3] Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
[4] Southwest Res Inst, Boulder, CO USA
[5] Cornell Univ, Dept Astron, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
[6] Johns Hopkins Univ, Appl Phys Lab, Laurel, MD USA
关键词
ENCELADUS PLUME; CASSINI-VIMS; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; SURFACE-COMPOSITION; ALBEDO DICHOTOMY; ICY SATELLITES; GRAVITY-FIELD; E-RING; IAPETUS; DIONE;
D O I
10.1016/j.pss.2017.11.017
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
The Cassini-Huygens mission turned the moons of Saturn into tangible worlds. Although the discoveries from the spacecraft have been compiled in various review articles (e.g., Dougherty et al., 2009), there is no single publication that summarizes the remaining outstanding questions. Drawing on a workshop sponsored by the Cassini Project, we summarize the unanswered questions for the main icy moons of Saturn - Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Phoebe for the disciplines of surface composition, geology, thermal properties, Enceladus's plume activity, interiors, and the interactions between Saturn's magnetosphere and the moons.
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页码:41 / 49
页数:9
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