Sentences with phrase «sized icy particles»
Zooming into the image reveals the moon and the icy plume emanating from its south pole, supplying fine, powder - sized icy particles that make up the E ring.
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Researchers will soon begin studying data from Cassini's gas analyzer and dust detector instruments, which directly sampled the moon's plume of gas and dust - sized icy particles during the flyby.
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More startling, Cassini found that Enceladus, just one - tenth the size of Titan, is also active, venting water vapor and a spray of fine icy particles from cracks at its south pole.