Differing Enceladean ocean circulation and ice shell geometries driven by tidal heating in the ice versus the core

Wanying Kang, Suyash Bire, Jean-Michel Campin +4

Beneath the icy shell encasing Enceladus, a small icy moon of Saturn, a global ocean of liquid water ejects geyser-like plumes into space through fissures in the ice, making it an…