Geysers on Enceladus are tied to its orbit
Work powerful geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus appears to be closely linked to the characteristics of the orbital motion of the celestial body in space. As it turned out, geysers erupt only when Enceladus is located at the points of maximum distance from Saturn. Relatively warm water springs at the south pole of Enceladus is so powerful that during their operation, water is thrown before reaching orbit and a pair of these emissions are often seen in orbit around Enceladus. However, until now no dependence Mezhuyev your work and geysers of Enceladus was observed.
Now it has been found that between the orbital position of the satellite and the eruption of icy geysers there is a connection. Experts from Cornell University in the United States based on data from Cassini discovered that whenever a 505-kilometrvy satellite moves away from Saturn as far as possible, its geysers begin to work the most active. When the distance between the two celestial bodies is reduced, the activity of the volcanoes of water drops. authors of the study point to the fact that science has long known fact geologic activity of Enceladus and the fact that the strongest eruptions of geysers on this satellite has also long been known.
Group of Georgia analyzed 252 sets of data sent Cassini and related Enceladus and found that with the removal of the satellite from Saturn emissions become more vivid and stretched, indicating an increase of their power. The researchers also found that the height of the emissions near Saturn and at a distance from it varies roughly tripled.
Experts believe that the difference in activity due to tidal cycles geysers on Enceladus, as well as the fact that they are dependent on the external gravity of Saturn. Something similar is happening in the world during the full moon. In turn, on Enceladus are not only Saturn's gravitational waves, but also adjacent to the satellite Enceladus Dione, Enceladus, so the two are constantly affected by these forces.
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