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RE: Enceladus

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This image of Enceladus was taken by the Cassini spaceprobe on the 21th November, 2009, when it was approximately 20,934 kilometres away.
The image was taken using the CL1 and CL2 filters.

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This image of Enceladus was taken by the Cassini spaceprobe on the 21th November, 2009, when it was approximately 19,995 kilometres away.
The image was taken using the CL1 and CL2 filters.

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This image of Enceladus was taken by the Cassini spaceprobe on the 21th November, 2009, when it was approximately 11,610 kilometres away.
The image was taken using the CL1 and CL2 filters.

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This image of Enceladus was taken by the Cassini spaceprobe on the 21th November, 2009, when it was approximately 8,853 kilometres away.
The image was taken using the CL1 and CL2 filters.

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This image of Enceladus was taken by the Cassini spaceprobe on the 21th November, 2009, when it was approximately 1,858 kilometres away.
The image was taken using the CL1 and CL2 filters.

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This image of Enceladus was taken by the Cassini spaceprobe on the 21th November, 2009, when it was approximately 2,666 kilometres away.
The image was taken using the CL1 and CL2 filters.

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The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has approved seventeen new names for craters on Enceladus.

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Ajib is a 15.2 km wide crater at Latitude 61.7, Longitude 239.4, and is named after a the character in the tale "The History of Gharib and His Brother Ajib".
Bahman is a 10.3 km wide crater at Latitude 14.67, Longitude 61.36, and is named after a the character in the tale "The Two Sisters Who Envied Their Cadette".
Harun is a 13.9 km wide crater at Latitude 36.33, Longitude 225.6, and is named after a the character in the tale "Harun Al-Rashid and the Two Slave-Girls".
Hisham is a 22.1 km wide crater at Latitude 48.21, Longitude 280.7, and is named after a the character in the tale "The Caliph Hisham and the Arab Youth".
Ishak is a 14.4 km wide crater at Latitude 47.5, Longitude 225.1, and is named after a the character in the tale "Isaac of Mosul and the Merchant".
Ja'afar is a 9.9 km wide crater at Latitude 34.5, Longitude 337.6, and is named after a the character in the tale "Nur al-Din Ali and the Damsel Anis al-Jalis".
Kamar is a 22.0 km wide crater at Latitude -41.0, Longitude 32.0, and is named after a the character in the tale "The Ebony Horse".
Kasim is a 10.7 km wide crater at Latitude 42.38, Longitude 173.11, and is named after a the character in the tale "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves".
Ma'aruf is a 6.8 km wide crater at Latitude -37.2, Longitude 333.5, and is named after a the character in the tale "Ma'aruf the Cobbler and His Wife Fatimah".
Masrur is a 13.0 km wide crater at Latitude 66.38, Longitude 294.28, and is named after a the character in the tale "Nur al-Din Ali and the Damsel Anis al-Jalis".
Morgiana is a 14.3 km wide crater at Latitude 31.74, Longitude 196.1, and is named after a the character in the tale "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves".
Mustafa is a 14.7 km wide crater at Latitude -30.9, Longitude 184.9, and is named after a the character in the tale "Aladdin; or The Wonderful Lamp".
Parwez is a 14.6 km wide crater at Latitude 22.9, Longitude 25.6, and is named after a the character in the tale "The Two Sisters Who Envied Their Cadette".
Perizadah is a 10.5 km wide crater at Latitude -21.2, Longitude 155.0, and is named after a the character in the tale "The Two Sisters Who Envied Their Cadette".
Sabur is a 7.6 km wide crater at Latitude -24.0, Longitude 296.1, and is named after a the character in the tale "The Ebony Horse".
Yunan is a 19.7 km wide crater at Latitude 53.81, Longitude 286.03, and is named after a the character in the tale "The Tale of the Vizier and the Sage Duban".
Zaynab is a 20.0 km wide crater at Latitude 69.2, Longitude 25.16, and is named after a the character in the tale "The Rogueries of Dalilah the Crafty and Her Daughter Zaynab the Coney-Catcher".

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Plumes on Saturn's moon may be a sign of life
Saturn's geyser-spewing moon, Enceladus - visited by the international Cassini spacecraft on its closest flyby this week - presents planetary scientists with a geophysical locked-room mystery.

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Cassini makes deepest dive yet into Saturn moon's jets
NASA's Cassini spacecraft made its deepest plunge yet into the plumes of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Monday. The dive might reveal complex organic molecules that could hint at life.
Researchers have been fascinated with Enceladus since July 2005, when Cassini revealed plumes of ice particles and water vapour shooting out from the moon's south pole.
The origin of the plumes is still being debated. But evidence is mounting that the moon may have liquid water beneath its surface, a potential habitat for life.

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