Walkabout the Galaxy   /     Ocean World Mimas and the JUICE Slingshot

Subtitle
Recent (astronomically speaking, of course!) perturbations to Mimas's orbit may be the explanation for the surprising presence of a global subsurface ocean in this tiny moon of Saturn. Meanwhile, the European Space Agency's JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moon...
Duration
46:01
Publishing date
2024-08-28 10:00
Link
https://walkaboutthegalaxy.libsyn.com/ocean-world-mimas-and-the-juice-slingshot
Contributors
  Josh Colwell, Addie Dove, Audrey Martin
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Shownotes

Recent (astronomically speaking, of course!) perturbations to Mimas's orbit may be the explanation for the surprising presence of a global subsurface ocean in this tiny moon of Saturn. Meanwhile, the European Space Agency's JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer) mission successfully completed a novel gravity assist making use of the Earth's Moon and the Earth to send it towards... Venus! We have all the explanations, space travel stumpers, trivia and more.