Starship Asterisk*

Must be an AWFUL LOT of water to having been doing that for SO LONG....maybe it used to be 600KM Diameter, and has shrunk???

Another great image, Cassini did a great job.
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[quote="De58te"]You got me wondering, if Enceladus is a pretty incredible moon, what moon would be antithetic to it. The fairly lethargic moon Callisto maybe? The ugly torpid moon Umbriel? The passé Pasiphae?[/quote]

Perhaps the fully credible Luna

You got me wondering, if Enceladus is a pretty incredible moon, what moon would be antithetic to it. The fairly lethargic moon Callisto maybe? The ugly torpid moon Umbriel? The passé Pasiphae?

I like the picture very much, too. And while Saturn is a fantastic planet, Enceladus is a pretty incredible moon.

Ann

[quote="owlice"]Stunning image!!!! What a planet!!![/quote]
Couldn't agree more!

[quote="L McNish"]The "previous day" link on the current Enceladus page is to
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap1802014html - which gives a 404 error
The period is missing before the "html"[/quote]
And there's an extra "0" in the link. It should be https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180214.html .

The "previous day" link on the current Enceladus page is to
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap1802014html - which gives a 404 error
The period is missing before the "html"

Stunning image!!!! What a planet!!!

[url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180215.html][img]https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_180215.jpg[/img] [size=150]Enceladus in Silhouette[/size][/url]

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