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The Communicating Pipe Model for Icy Plumes on Enceladus |
| MA Qian-Li, CHEN Chu-Xin |
| CAS Key Laboratory of Basic Plasma Physics, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026 |
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MA Qian-Li, CHEN Chu-Xin 2009 Chin. Phys. Lett. 26 119601 |
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Abstract We analyze the communicating pipe model on Enceladus, and predict that Saturn's strong tidal force in Enceladus plays a significant role in the plumes. In this model, the scale of the volcanoes can be evaluated based on the history of the craters and plumes. The correspondence of the data and observation make the model valid for the eruption. So it is imaginable that the tidal force is pulling the liquid out through the communicating pipe while reshaping the surface on Enceladus.
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96.30.N-
96.25.Xz
96.15.Xy
96.15.Wx
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Received: 17 June 2009
Published: 30 October 2009
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