[pulaskibush]

A few questions:

How cold is it over there?

Who named this place Enceladus?

What's the gravity like?

How many Starbucks are already there?

[lunarbicep]

Cassini finds signs of water on Saturn's moon

name info

[MarcusTulliusCicero]

Saturn is named for the father of Zeus. He was a Titan. Most of the satellites were named for other Titans, i.e. brothers and sisters of Saturn. Enceladus was crushed by Athene in the battle between the Olympian gods and the Titans and the name was given to this satellite by John Herscehl, son of the famous English astronomer William Herschel in 1847. Earth piled on top of Enceladus' corpse became the island of Sicily.

Temperatures on Enceladus range between 65 and 85 degrees Kelvin (-208 to -188 degree Celsius or -342 to -306 degrees Fahrenheit), although according to the story today there may be pockets of liquid water at above 0 degrees Celsius or 32 degrees Fahrenheit.

Enceladus does rotate but it is a synchronous rotation, so the same side always faces Saturn and it orbits Saturn every 1.37 Earth days. Gravity on Enceladus is about 1/10th of that on Earth.

[fish hawk]

I love Enceladus. Are they chicken or beef? Tacos are okay too.