{"id":11667,"date":"2015-10-29T14:03:48","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T18:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11667"},"modified":"2015-10-29T14:14:41","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T18:14:41","slug":"cassini-survives-dive-through-the-enceladus-plume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11667","title":{"rendered":"Cassini survives dive through the Enceladus plume"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, October 28th, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/saturn.jpl.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_d\">Cassini<\/a>\u00a0spacecraft <a href=\"http:\/\/saturn.jpl.nasa.gov\/mission\/flybys\/enceladus20151028\/\" target=\"_blank\">passed safely through<\/a> the misty icy plume\u00a0that is emitted from the Saturn moon\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enceladus\" target=\"_d\">Enceladus<\/a>. \u00a0The goal was to obtain better measurements of the\u00a0chemistry\u00a0of the plume:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/jpl\/deepest-ever-dive-through-enceladus-plume-completed\" target=\"_d\">Deepest-Ever Dive Through Enceladus Plume Completed &#8211;\u00a0NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/saturn.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/cassinifeatures\/feature20151026\/\" target=\"_d\">Seven Key Facts About Cassini&#8217;s Oct. 28 &#8216;Plume Dive&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/saturn.jpl.nasa.gov\/photos\/imagedetails\/index.cfm?imageId=5259\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11668\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=11668\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PIA18340-br5001.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,518\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PIA18340-br500[1]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PIA18340-br5001.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11668 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PIA18340-br5001-290x300.jpg\" alt=\"PIA18340-br500[1]\" width=\"290\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PIA18340-br5001-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PIA18340-br5001.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/saturn.jpl.nasa.gov\/photos\/imagedetails\/index.cfm?imageId=5259\" target=\"_d\">A Tale of Two Hemispheres<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/saturn.jpl.nasa.gov\/mission\/flybys\/enceladus20151028\/\" target=\"_blank\">Enceladus &#8216;E-21&#8217; Flyby: Deepest dive through the plume<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is an animation of the flyby made with the new <em><a href=\"http:\/\/binary-space.com\/products.html\" target=\"_blank\">SpaceTraveler Solar System &amp; Space Missions Simulator<\/a><\/em>\u00a0from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/binary-space.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">BINARY SPACE<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/982ykQHFVmE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">I&#8217;m told that the orientation data of the spacecraft could not be obtained in time\u00a0so there is a some\u00a0possible deviation with respect to the actual orientation during the flyby. The program will be updated when the data becomes available.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, October 28th, the\u00a0Cassini\u00a0spacecraft passed safely through the misty icy plume\u00a0that is emitted from the Saturn moon\u00a0Enceladus. \u00a0The goal was to obtain better measurements of the\u00a0chemistry\u00a0of the plume: Deepest-Ever Dive Through Enceladus Plume Completed &#8211;\u00a0NASA Seven Key Facts About Cassini&#8217;s Oct. 28 &#8216;Plume Dive&#8217; A Tale of Two Hemispheres Enceladus &#8216;E-21&#8217; Flyby: Deepest dive &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11667\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cassini survives dive through the Enceladus plume<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,87,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-titan","category-et-al","category-space-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-32b","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14208,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14208","url_meta":{"origin":11667,"position":0},"title":"Ocean Worlds: New details on sub-surface water in moons of Saturn and Jupiter","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"NASA today presented new results from studies of the water plumes emitted from underground seas of Saturn's moon Enceladus and Jupiter's moon Europa. The new NASA website Ocean Worlds\u00a0describes these moons and the many other objects in our solar system, including large asteroids and Mars, that also have significant amounts\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Europa, Titan, &amp; other deep space sites&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Europa, Titan, &amp; other deep space sites","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=98"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/17-042_main_image1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":14893,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14893","url_meta":{"origin":11667,"position":1},"title":"Cassini nears journey&#8217;s end + The plume of Enceladous + The rings in hi-res","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 9, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0Cassini\u00a0mission to Saturn will end on September 15th when the spacecraft's orbit will take it into the gas giant's atmosphere. This video shows some of the spectacular imagery of the Saturn system sent back by the probe since it went into orbit there in 2004. https:\/\/youtu.be\/gPdgsPTNhac ** Here is a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Gas giants Saturn, Jupiter, et al&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Gas giants Saturn, Jupiter, et al","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=87"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/EnceladusPlume-PIA21887_400x337.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11606,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11606","url_meta":{"origin":11667,"position":2},"title":"Cassini returns new views of northern areas of Saturn&#8217;s Moon Enceladus","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 20, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The Cassini\u00a0spacecraft continues to return marvelous images of the Saturn system: Closest Northern Views of Saturn's Moon Enceladus NASA's Cassini spacecraft has begun returning its best-ever views of the northern extremes of Saturn's icy, ocean-bearing moon Enceladus. The spacecraft obtained the images during its Oct. 14 flyby, passing 1,142 miles\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Gas giants Saturn, Jupiter, et al&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Gas giants Saturn, Jupiter, et al","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=87"},"img":{"alt_text":"PIA19660-br500[1]","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PIA19660-br5001.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":16366,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16366","url_meta":{"origin":11667,"position":3},"title":"Audio: Hear the radio emissions of Saturn and its moon Enceladus","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Check out the exotic sounds of Saturn as derived from the radio transmissions generated by waves in the plasma (ionized particles) between Saturn and the rings and the satellite Enceladus: Listen: Electromagnetic Energy of Saturn, Enceladus https:\/\/youtu.be\/hWHLCHv4PiI New research from NASA\u2019s Cassini spacecraft\u2019s up-close Grand Finale orbits shows a surprisingly\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Gas giants Saturn, Jupiter, et al&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Gas giants Saturn, Jupiter, et al","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=87"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/hWHLCHv4PiI\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13919,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13919","url_meta":{"origin":11667,"position":4},"title":"Cassini: Magnetic anomaly leads to an ocean world circling Saturn","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 16, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Saturn's little moon Enceladus has turned out to be one of the most interesting objects in the solar system: Cassini: Mission to Saturn: An Ice World...With an Ocean? How a puzzling sensor reading transformed NASA\u2019s Cassini Saturn mission and created a new target in the search for habitable worlds beyond\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Europa, Titan, &amp; other deep space sites&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Europa, Titan, &amp; other deep space sites","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=98"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/SaturnMagneticFieldAtEnceladus.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5651,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5651","url_meta":{"origin":11667,"position":5},"title":"Hubble telescope spots evidence of water vapor venting from Jupiter moon Europa","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 12, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"An interesting finding for the Jupiter moon Europa\u00a0by the Hubble Telescope\u00a0: \u00a0Hubble discovers water vapour venting from Jupiter\u2019s moon Europa - ESA\/Hubble This artist's impression shows Jupiter and its moon Europa using actual Jupiter and Europa images in visible light. The Hubble ultraviolet images showing\u00a0the faint emission from the water\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Gas giants Saturn, Jupiter, et al&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Gas giants Saturn, Jupiter, et al","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=87"},"img":{"alt_text":"Water vapour plumes on Jupiter's moon Europa (artist's impression)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spacetelescope.org\/static\/archives\/images\/medium\/heic1322c.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11667"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11671,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11667\/revisions\/11671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}