| Event ID: | 31055 |
| Contact Name: | Ministry of Education - Scientific Activity |
| Contact Email: | eoedb@edueast.gov.sa |
| Contact Phone: | 8253426 |
| Organization: | Al - Bassam National Schools |
| Event Web Site: | http://www.albassamschools.com |
| Dates: | 4th October 2019 to 10th October 2019 |
| Physical Event: | Yes |
| Type: | School |
| Start/End Type: | Starts During WSW |
| Country: | Saudi Arabia |
| State/Province: | Eastern Province |
| City: | Dammam |
| Address: | Dammam 31421, P.O. Box 945, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Tel 8091144, Fax ext. |
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| Event Name: | 'Snow-Cannon' |
| Event Description: | The plumes of the Saturn moon Enceladus, captured spewing from the moon's surface by NASA's Cassini spacecraft from a distance of 9,000 miles (14,000 kilometers) in 2010. One new study suggests that Enceladus' geysers act like a "snow-cannon" and makes Saturn's inner moons more reflective. Enceladus seems to be acting like a "snow-cannon," pumping water into Saturn's orbit and covering its neighboring moons in snow, which has made them highly reflective, new research suggests. NASA's Cassini spacecraft spent over a decade studying Saturn. The probe collected incredible images and data about the planet and its system, including the planet's rings and moons. A team of researchers, led by planetary scientist Alice Le Gall of LATMOS-UVSQ, Paris, analyzed 60 radar observations of Saturn's inner moons — Mimas, Enceladus and Tethys — that Cassini made, and they found that the radar brightness of these moons is greater than previously suggested by a factor of two. The extreme radar brightness of Saturn's inner moons, the researchers suggest, is likely caused by two things. |
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| Attendance: | 10 |
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| Media Impressions: | 0 |
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