Moons of Saturn, Part 2
36 entries in the Moons of Saturn, Part 2 compendium.
Enceladus ExplorerProposed orbiter and lander with ice-melting probe for Enceladus life detection.Enceladus Life FinderProposed NASA mission to assess Enceladus's ocean habitability.Enceladus Life Signatures and HabitabilityProposed 2017 New Frontiers mission to Enceladus for biosignatures.Enceladus OrbilanderProposed NASA Flagship mission to orbit and land on Enceladus.Explorer of Enceladus and TitanProposed ESA-NASA orbiter to study Enceladus and Titan's habitability.Journey to Enceladus and TitanA proposed orbiter to assess habitability of Enceladus and Titan.L4 (spacecraft)Proposed ESA mission to study Enceladus's plumes and land on its south pole.Life Investigation For EnceladusProposed sample-return mission to Enceladus's icy plumes.THEOFeasibility study for an Enceladus orbiter to sample plumes for habitability.Iapetus (moon)Saturn's walnut-shaped moon with a dark and bright face.Carcassone MontesA bright, isolated segment of Iapetus's equatorial ridge.Cordova MonsA bright equatorial peak on Saturn's moon Iapetus.Audouin DollfusFrench astronomer who discovered Saturn's moon Janus.Herschel (Mimantean crater)Largest impact crater on Saturn's moon Mimas.Inktomi (crater)Youngest major surface feature on Saturn's moon Rhea.Tirawa (crater)Largest impact basin on Saturn's moon Rhea.Equatorial ridgeEquatorial ridges on Saturn's moons Iapetus, Atlas, Pan, and Daphnis.Tethys (moon)Tethys is Saturn's fifth-largest moon, made almost entirely of water ice.Titan (moon)Saturn's largest moon, with a thick atmosphere and liquid lakes.Climate of TitanTitan's climate mirrors Earth's with methane instead of water.Colonization of TitanTitan is a candidate for colonization with abundant resources and low gravity.Exploration of TitanTitan exploration spans flybys, orbit, landing, and future rotorcraft.Geology of TitanTitan's geology reveals a world with liquid hydrocarbon seas.Life on TitanTitan is the only moon with surface liquids and prebiotic chemistry.Harran SulciGrooved terrain on Enceladus bounding Diyar Planitia.Samarkand SulciGrooved terrain on Enceladus with ridges and rifts.Sarandib PlanitiaYoungest terrain on Enceladus, with low ridges and rifted bands.Tiger stripes (Enceladus)Four active fractures on Enceladus with cryovolcanic plumes.Flight on TitanFirst science fiction story set on Saturn's moon Titan.Equatorial ridge on IapetusIapetus's equatorial ridge is the Solar System's third tallest mountain structure.Odysseus (crater)Odysseus is the largest crater on Saturn's moon Tethys.Penelope (crater)Third-largest impact crater on Saturn's moon Tethys.Ithaca ChasmaA giant valley on Saturn's moon Tethys, one of the Solar System's longest.Doom MonsTitan's largest mountain range by volume, a putative cryovolcano.Erebor MonsA probable cryovolcano and one of Titan's highest mountains.Mayda InsulaFirst named island on a planetary body other than Earth.
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