Why Is It So Difficult To Get To Enceladus?
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- čas přidán 12. 05. 2024
- Enceladus is one of Saturn's moons. It is not the largest or closest to the planet, but it is one of the most important.
The reason is that underneath Enceladus' ice sheets is a massive ocean of water, which could not only be in a liquid state but could even have all the necessary conditions to support life.
However, although this natural satellite is very important for the search for extraterrestrial life, no spacecraft has landed on the surface of this moon so far.
So why haven't we sent any space missions to study this enigmatic moon in detail? Is it tough to get to Enceladus?
First Missions
The first spacecraft to take sharp images of Enceladus were the famous Voyager 1 and 2 probes in the 1980s.
Geysers Off Earth
After the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft, scientists had to wait more than 20 years for a new spacecraft to revisit Saturn.
Origin of the E ring
The images of the geysers on Enceladus helped answer many questions, one of which was the influence this moon had on the rings.
Since the discoveries made by the Voyager probes, it has been known that this moon interacts in some way with Saturn's E ring.
An ocean of temperate, liquid water
As we mentioned earlier, Enceladus is in Orbital Resonance with Dione, another moon of Saturn; this synchrony around a planet causes the satellite closest to the planet to experience enormous tidal forces internally caused by the stretching and contraction of the gravitational forces of the objects with which it is synchronized.
Enceladus Habitability
For years, scientists wondered if Enceladus' ocean might have the conditions for living things to live inside. Still, they could not know for sure without a sample of water from Enceladus' inner ocean, so they devised a way to obtain it with the help of the Cassini spacecraft.
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00:00 Intro
1:50 First Missions
3:56 Geysers Off Earth
Origin of the E-ring
7:48 An ocean of temperate, quid water
10:42 Enceladus Habitability
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Forget our moon, forget the mars... Let's go to the icy moons of jupiter and Saturn
Dead Space will come true.
Either thar or Event Horizon will.
Yh but they wanna go there bcuz it could support life so we could live there or other life may already live there that more interesting than some random other planets that we can't live on and don't have any other life on it
Having serious problems to land a frakkin' probe on the Moon, let alone establishing a base there, yet intending to go to Enceladus. I just love it.
Yes, I thing it is possible that there's life. But I think Ganymede and Europa should be investigated first.
We need to investigate all 3.
Depending on whether there is life in the oceans in 1, 2 or all of them will provide fascinating insights into the prospects for life elsewhere in the universe.
If all of them host life, especially if each moon's ocean has independently spawned life, it would imply that life is very common in the universe, even outside of what is traditionally thought of as a star's "habitable zone."
Should none of them host life then that may suggest that life is very rare, and perhaps does require truly exceptional circumstances and a narrow habitable zone.
Whatever the results, they are sure to help answer some intriguing questions.
@@realsatoshihashimoto Off course but the first two are much closer and also bigger moons. I think they are even more likely to host life, never said that Enceladus could not.
Yes to life, and Hell yes to more videos on this subject!
I thing the likelihood to find life in Enceladus ie extremely hight
Great video and information !
Love the audio jungle watermark in the intro 😍😍
Is it difficult to get to Enceladus?
I wonder if it is possible to refuel a defunct optical spy satellite in Earth orbit, hookup a booster to it, and shoot it into orbit around Saturn. From there, we could get new images of the moons for a low price of a booster and a result mission.
With daily pictures, I wonder if we would generate enough interest in the Public to support funding individual missions to each of the major moons.
I'm I would like to see how would NASA or SpaceX use a cup of satellite of going to that beautiful Moon and what would they discover
Same reason as Europa. Its very, very, very, very far away
Won't it be better to just travel to Norwegia😅🌝
We absolutely need to learn more about missions to Enceladus. I think it has the highest likelihood of life beyond Earth in the Solar System
Yes, absolutely!
Because gravity and is always hiding behind saturn !
Its the massive layer of cheese
Background music is most annoying.👎
Why did we name a moon after incels?
IA generated ... Sad...
Well, according to Flat Earthers, there is no such thing as outer space. Everything we can see in the sky either by plain sight or telescope is actually just lights generated by the program onto a screen they call "The Firmament". A glass lid that is solid. It can't be crossed. Giant aliens have humanity in a petri dish.
Luckily for us, their claims aren't backed up by any factual evidence. So there's nothing to worry about 🤭
@@trans_t0luene Ok! Thanks to sweet Mary mother of Mumu!