Did you know?Recent images sent back from Enceladus Enceladus (ĕnsĕl`ədəs), in astronomy, one of the named moons, or natural satellites, of Saturn. Also known as Saturn II (or S2), Enceladus is 310 mi (500 km) in diameter, orbits Saturn at a mean distance of 147,900 mi (238,020 km), (en-SELL-ah-dus), one of Saturn's 47 moons, show plumes of ice crystals erupting e·rupt v. e·rupt·ed, e·rupt·ing, e·rupts v.intr. 1. To emerge violently from restraint or limits; explode: My neighbor erupted in anger over the noise. 2. from beneath the surface. The ice crystals indicate the presence of water, which could mean the presence of life! |
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