- P34A-07: Inductive Response of Enceladus’ Ice Shell and Potentially Stratified Ocean
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Luke Wivell, Imperial College London (First Author, Presenting Author)
Michele Dougherty, Imperial College London
Adam Masters, Imperial College London
Saturn’s moon Enceladus has a global ocean hidden underneath its icy surface, a discovery made by the Cassini mission. To explore its potential for hosting life, it is important to understand the structure and composition of the ocean and the ice covering it. When a conducting body, such as a moon, encounters a changing magnetic field, a new field is created in response, within the body. This response is dependent on the structure and makeup of the conducting body, and for Enceladus, that includes the ocean and icy surface. There are new techniques being developed for measuring and listening to this response, which have been tested for Earth and the moon, but not yet for Enceladus. This study shows that these new techniques have the potential to reveal structural and compositional information about the icy surface of Enceladus, as well as potential water trapped in the ice, and structures within the ocean. These results could have large implications when assessing whether Enceladus could host life.
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