GREENBELT, Md -- The following information was released by the Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA):
This image shows Damascus Sulcus, the most active fissure, or "tiger stripe," on Saturn's moon Enceladus. Cassini's CIRS provided the high-resolution thermal infrared data, shown in color. These data give scientists confidence that the peak temperature here was about 190 Kelvin (minus 120 degrees Fahrenheit); this is slightly higher than the previous maximum temperatures (around 170 Kelvin or minus 150 degrees Fahrenheit) measured by CIRS at Damascus. Credit: NASA/JPL/Goddard/SWRI/SSI
Full image and caption
See image gallery
This high-resolution heat intensity map reveals never-before-seen details of warm fractures that branch off like split ends from the main trenches of two "tiger stripes" on Saturn's moon Enceladus. The intensity of thermal radiation, measured at wavelengths from 12 to 16 micrometers, is color-coded: dark blue, purple, red and orange …
CASSINI'S CIRS HELPS FIND WARM CRACKS ON ENCELADUS.GREENBELT, Md -- The following information was released by the Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA):
This image shows Damascus Sulcus, the most active fissure, or "tiger stripe," on Saturn's moon Enceladus. Cassini's CIRS provided the high-resolution thermal infrared data, shown in color. These data give scientists confidence that the peak temperature here was about 190 Kelvin (minus 120 degrees Fahrenheit); this is slightly higher than the previous maximum temperatures (around 170 Kelvin or minus 150 degrees Fahrenheit) measured by CIRS at Damascus. Credit: NASA/JPL/Goddard/SWRI/SSI
Full image and caption
See image gallery
This high-resolution heat intensity map reveals never-before-seen details of warm fractures that branch off like split ends from the main trenches of two "tiger stripes" on Saturn's moon Enceladus. The intensity of thermal radiation, measured at wavelengths from 12 to 16 micrometers, is color-coded: dark blue, purple, red and orange …
No comments:
Post a Comment