Saturn's Coolest #2: Enceladus

[eyelessgame]

Like almost all of Saturn's moons, Enceladus keeps one face toward Saturn. (I just talked yesterday about the interesting exception.) That's for good reason - the closer you are to an object, the stronger the "slope" of its gravitational pull (and Enceladus orbits very close to Saturn: second closest world after Mimas). Because the planet's gravity

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[barking_iguana]

We're skipping a day before the big finish?

[eyelessgame]

Well, that wasn't my intent, but today got busy. :)