Spark and Perl go looking
It is leaking.
Should we tell somebody?
Look up, not down.
It is going UP.
And it is not coming back!
It sprays hard enough to escape altogether.
Some of that spray becomes one of Saturn’s rings.
Saturn is making a ring out of this moon?
Drop by drop.
If it sprays that hard there cannot be much left to stand on.
The shell is ice.
…So it is solid on top and water underneath.
And the spray is what gets out through the cracks.
Ice on top. Ocean underneath.
How do we know, if it is hidden under the ice?
A spacecraft flew straight through the spray and tasted it.
Salty. Like a sea.
Find Saturn first. Enceladus is small and sits close in to its glare.
Whenever Saturn is up.
Where to find Enceladus, and when
Where the Earth is clear, it climbs high in the sky. The darker it gets, the lower it stays. Where it is black, it never comes up. No shading at all: it does not matter where you live.
What do I need to see Enceladus?
You need a 150 mm telescope. Your eyes and binoculars will not show this one.
It takes a steady night.
Could you stand on a planet or moon?Eyes, binoculars, or telescope?Which one does not belong?
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Could you stand on a planet or moon?
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