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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. Re:News for nerds... by Qzukk · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    given just how nerdy this is no doubt it will have fewer responses than more mainstream non nerdy articles on slashdot

    Sadly, this is probably true, but at least some of us nerds will have clicked it. And possibly even RTFA'd.

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