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Using Shadows To Measure the Geysers of Enceladus

Posted by Soulskill on from the easier-than-breaking-out-the-yardstick dept.

The Bad Astronomer writes "A lot of folks are posting about the amazing new pictures of the icy moon Enceladus returned from the Cassini spacecraft. However, one of them shows the shadow of the moon across the geyser plumes. This has been seen before, but I suddenly realized how that can help determine the geysers' locations, and I thought Slashdot readers might be interested in the general method."

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  1. Uh oh by Esteanil · · Score: 1, Informative

    http://www.ciclops.org/view_media/36124/Tethys_Rev_164_Raw_Preview_1

    That's no moon. It's a space station!

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  2. Nerdy-purdy! by Cazekiel · · Score: 3, Informative

    Icons of this. It shall be done.

    Gorgeous, gorgeous.

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