Enceladus: A source of nitrogen and an explanation for the water vapor plume observed by Cassini

Physics & Astronomy

• Enceladus 100%
• plumes 65%
• water vapor 63%
• natural satellites 50%
• Saturn 50%
• nitrogen 46%
• ammonia 42%
• ice 41%
• water heating 34%
• volcanic eruptions 26%
• polar regions 24%
• magnetospheres 22%
• surface temperature 20%
• spacecraft 19%
• bubbles 16%
• decomposition 16%
• protons 13%
• hydrogen 12%
• radiation 11%
• molecules 11%
• ions 9%
• simulation 8%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• Enceladus 92%
• water vapor 53%
• Saturn 51%
• plume 51%
• Moon 41%
• nitrogen 37%
• ammonia 33%
• ice 28%
• polar region 23%
• magnetosphere 23%
• spacecraft 19%
• energetics 19%
• bubble 18%
• volcanic eruption 17%
• surface temperature 17%
• hydrogen 16%
• decomposition 15%
• heating 15%
• radiation 15%
• ion 13%
• laboratory 11%
• particle 10%
• simulation 9%
• experiment 8%
• water 6%