Enceladus

Enceladus — moon orbiting Saturn, shown live in Cosmoscope, a real-time 3D map of the universe.

The brightest world in the solar system, venting its buried ocean into space — Cassini flew through the plumes and tasted salt.

Radius
252.1 km
Orbit
238k km from Saturn
Period
1.37 days
Geysers
Salt-water jets from the south pole
Source
A global subsurface ocean

Seeing Enceladus in real time

Cosmoscope puts Enceladus at its true position in the solar system, computed from JPL-derived ephemeris and updated continuously. Open the live 3D view to see, in real time, how far Enceladus is from the Sun and from Earth right now, how many minutes or hours light takes to cross that gap, and how fast it is moving along its orbit. Scrub the timeline to place Enceladus where it was on any past date, or where it will be years from now.

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