P43F:
Enceladus: A World Awaiting II Posters


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Session ID#: 43922

Session Description:
Though the Cassini mission at Saturn is now over, this long-standing special session on Saturn's geysering moon, Enceladus -- 13 years in the running -- continues.  Our goal is to bring together researchers studying topics in planetary science, microbiology, oceanography, organic chemistry, astrobiology, and origin of life that are relevant in understanding the nature of the moon's subsurface ocean and its extensive south polar plume, and assessing its biological potential and the best means to examine it.  

As in years past, we will focus on the most recent Enceladus-specific observational, theoretical and modeling efforts and encourage submissions in the above-mentioned areas. Presentations on concepts for future missions back to Enceladus will also be considered.

Primary Convener:  Carolyn Porco, Space Science Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Convener:  Julie A Huber, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Carolyn Porco, Space Science Institute, CICLOPS, Boulder, CO, United States
Chairs:  Carolyn Porco, Space Science Institute, CICLOPS, Boulder, CO, United States and Julie A Huber, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole, MA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Julie A Huber, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Index Terms:

4850 Marine organic chemistry [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
5215 Origin of life [PLANETARY SCIENCES: ASTROBIOLOGY]
6282 Enceladus [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]
8450 Planetary volcanism [VOLCANOLOGY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Multiple long-period variations in the plume of Enceladus offer insights into eruption mechanism (402799)
Carolyn Porco, Space Science Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States; University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Lab, Berkeley, CA, United States, Colin J Mitchell, Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO, United States, Francis Nimmo, University of California, Santa Cruz, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Santa Cruz, United States and Matthew S Tiscareno, SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA, United States
Recent Orbital and Thermal Evolution of Mimas, and Implications for Enceladus (444765)
ZhenLiang Tian, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States and Francis Nimmo, University of California, Santa Cruz, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Santa Cruz, United States
Picture this SELFI: A Maturation Project for a Submillimeter Enceladus Life Fundamentals Instrument (SELFI) (454855)
Gordon Chin1, Carrie M Anderson2, Damon Bradley2, Terry Hurford Jr3, Tilak Hewagama4, Timothy A Livengood5, Paul Racette2 and Geronimo Villanueva3, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 693, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (4)University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, (5)University of Maryland College Park, Astronomy, College Park, MD, United States

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