[Baps] Enceladus: Its Past, Present & Future – Today's MIT EAPS DLS talk at 4PM

[Jason Soderblom]

Today at 4PM at MIT, 54-915 (the Green building)



Peter Goldreich
Professor of Planetary Sciences, Princeton University


"Enceladus: Its Past, Present & Future"

Saturn’s satellite Enceladus displays a bewildering array of ther- mal activity due to tidal heating associated with its 2:1 mean motion resonance with Dione. I’ll address the following questions. Why is this activity centered around the south pole? How are the fractures that cross this region maintained, and how is heat transported through them? Is Enceladus in a steady-state? What is its future?

About the Speaker

Peter Goldreich has made profound and lasting contributions to planetary science and astrophysics, providing fundamental theoretical insights for understanding the rotation of planets, the dynamics of planetary rings, pulsars, astrophysical masers, the spiral arms of galaxies, oscillations of the sun and white dwarfs, turbulence in magnetized fluids, and planet formation. His current research is focused on the production of impact spherules.

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