03.10.2019 - 18:22 [ Royal Astronomical Society / Oxford University ]

Low-mass nitrogen-, oxygen-bearing, and aromatic compounds in Enceladean ice grains

Previous analyses inferred three different spectral types of Enceladean ice grains (Postberg et al. 2008, 2009a): Type 1 represents grains of almost pure water ice, Type 2 shows features consistent with grains containing significant amounts of organic material, and Type 3 is indicative of salt-rich water ice grains.