moon · the Solar System
Enceladus
A small bright moon of Saturn whose south-pole 'tiger stripes' vent geysers from a subsurface ocean.
- Type
- Moon
- Orbits
- Saturn
- Distance
- in the Solar System
- Diameter
- about 504 km
- Rotation
- Tidally locked: one side always faces Saturn
About Enceladus
- Cassini discovered its water geysers in 2005.
- The spray feeds Saturn's faint E ring.
- It reflects almost all the sunlight that hits it, one of the brightest objects in the Solar System.
Visit Enceladus in VR
In IKAREE, Enceladus is one of 31 destinations modelled in detail. Sit in the captain's chair, give the order and watch it grow on the main viewscreen. Then send a survey probe and ride its camera down, or ask your science officer what the sensors show.
How to get there
- CaptainHelm, set a course for Enceladus. Full impulse.
- Brooks · HelmCourse laid in for Enceladus, Captain.
- CaptainScience, full analysis of Enceladus.
- Hart · ScienceRunning it now, Captain.
