P33A:
Enceladus: A World Awaiting I


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Session ID#: 60152

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:

Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione: contrasting geological paths for Saturn’s inner icy moons (363853)
Gael Choblet1, Gabriel Tobie1, Mathilde Kervazo2, Julie C Castillo3, Christophe Sotin4 and Valery Lainey5, (1)Nantes Université, Univ Angers, Le Mans Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géosciences, LPG UMR 6112, Nantes, France, (2)Université de Nantes, Laboratoire de planétologie et géodynamique, Nantes, France, (3)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (4)Jet Propulsion Laboratory-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (5)Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France
Tidally-induced inertial waves in the subsurface ocean of Enceladus (354247)
Marc Rovira-Navarro1,2, Michel Rieutord3,4, Theo Gerkema5, Leo R Maas1,6, Wouter van der Wal7 and Bert L A Vermeersen2,8, (1)NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and Utrecht University, Department of Ocean Systems OCS, Den Burg, Netherlands, (2)Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering (AE), Delft, Netherlands, (3)Université de Toulouse, UPS-OMP, IRAP, Toulouse, France, (4)CNRS, IRAP, Toulouse, France, (5)NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems EDS, Yerseke, Netherlands, (6)Utrecht University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics, Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, (7)Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft, Netherlands, (8)NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, and Utrecht University, Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems EDS, Yerseke, Netherlands
Stability of the Enceladus plume as measured by plasma interaction modeling (445067)
Ying-Dong Jia, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, C. T. Russell, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States and Hanying Wei, University of California Los Angeles, Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, United States
Nature, distribution and origin of CO2 on Enceladus. (398520)
Jean Philippe Combe1, Thomas B McCord2, Dennis L Matson1, Ashley Gerard Davies3, Torrence V Johnson4, Francesca Scipioni5,6 and Federico Tosi7, (1)Bear Fight Institute, Winthrop, WA, United States, (2)Bear Fight Institute, Winthrop, United States, (3)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (4)JPL, Pasadena, CA, United States, (5)IAPS-INAF, Rome, Italy, (6)SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA, United States, (7)INAF, IAPS, Rome, Italy
Hydrothermal scenarios for the moons Enceladus and Europa (365019)
Alma Karen Karen Ramirez-Cabañas, Posgrado de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico and Alberto Flandes, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Geophysics Institute, Mexico City, Mexico
From a hydrothermal core into space: life and fate of Enceladean organic molecules (390561)
Frank Postberg1, Nozair Khawaja2, Lenz Nölle2 and Fabian Klenner2, (1)Free University of Berlin, Institute of Geological Sciences, Berlin, Germany, (2)Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Decomposition of Amino Acids in Water with Application to Enceladus and other Ocean Worlds. (401444)
Ngoc Tuan Truong, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States, Christopher R. Glein, Southwest Research Institute San Antonio, Space Sciences and Engineering, San Antonio, TX, United States, Adam Monroe, Ariel D Anbar, Arizona State University, School of Earth & Space Exploration and School of Molecular Sciences, Tempe, AZ, United States and Jonathan I Lunine, Cornell University, Department of Astronomy, Ithaca, NY, United States
Enceladus Organic Analyzer (EOA): Modeling Hypervelocity Ice Particle Impact Capture (444104)
Matin Golozar1, James S New1, Anna L Butterworth1, Mark C Price2, Mark J. Burchell2 and Richard A. Mathies1, (1)University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)University of Kent, Kent, United Kingdom

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