NASA: «Cassini” closer to the north pole of Enceladus – REGNUM

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Washington, October 14, 2015, 13:28 – REGNUM NASA expects to get new information on Enceladus, the sixth-largest moon Saturn. October 14 to the surface of the satellite closer research probe interplanetary station “Cassini”, which will carry out the final stage of rendezvous with Enceladus, the press service of NASA.

Clarifies that the spacecraft “Cassini” approach to the satellite at a distance in 1839 km, or rather to its north pole, which is currently heavily lit sunlight.

The interest of scientists from the moon Enceladus, discovered back in 1789 by astronomer William Herschel, due to the fact that a celestial body is seen as the only place in the solar system where life is possible, of course, in addition to the Earth.

The next stage of research is the study of the other pole. The South Pole of Enceladus will be examined spacecraft “Cassini” October 28, 2015.

Enceladus is under the scrutiny of scientists over the past ten years. He has long remained little known. In the early 1980s, the two became close with him interplanetary probe “Voyager».

interplanetary station “Cassini” began to explore the satellite in 2005. Then on Enceladus was discovered a water-rich plume gushing from the south polar region.

This is some other information allowed the scientists to conclude that geologic activity on Enceladus is preserved to this day.