Subj : Daily APOD Report To : All From : Ben Ritchey Date : Sat Mar 09 2019 07:30:23 Astronomy Picture of the Day Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! [1] Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2019 March 9 [2] Crescent Enceladus Image Credit: Cassini Imaging Team [3] , SSI [4] , JPL [5] , ESA [6] , NASA [7] Explanation: Peering from the shadows, the Saturn-facing hemisphere of tantalizing [8] inner moon Enceladus poses in this Cassini spacecraft image. North [9] is up in the dramatic scene [10] captured during November 2016 as Cassini's camera was pointed in a nearly sunward direction about 130,000 kilometers from the moon's bright crescent. In fact, the distant world reflects over 90 percent of the sunlight it receives, giving its surface about the same reflectivity as fresh snow [11] . A mere 500 kilometers in diameter, Enceladus is [12] a surprisingly active moon. Data collected during Cassini's flybys and years of images have revealed the presence of remarkable south polar geysers [13] and a possible global ocean [14] of liquid water beneath an icy crust. Tomorrow's picture: moon image impossible ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- < [15] | Archive [16] | Submissions [17] | Index [18] | Search [19] | Calendar [20] | RSS [21] | Education [22] | About APOD [23] | Discuss [24] | > [25] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff [26] (MTU [27] ) & Jerry Bonnell [28] (UMCP [29] ) NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply [30] . NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices [31] A service of: ASD [32] at NASA [33] / GSFC [34] & Michigan Tech. U. [35] ---------- Site notes: [1] archivepix.html [2] image/1903/PIA20522enceladus.jpg [3] http://ciclops.org/ [4] http://www.spacescience.org/ [5] http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ [6] http://www.esa.int/ [7] http://www.nasa.gov/ [8] ap140919.html [9] ap151021.html [10] http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA20522 [11] ap050224.html [12] https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/cassini/science/ enceladus/ [13] ap091124.html [14] http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4718 [15] ap190308.html [16] archivepix.html [17] lib/apsubmit2015.html [18] lib/aptree.html [19] http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search [20] calendar/allyears.html [21] /apod.rss [22] lib/edlinks.html [23] lib/about_apod.html [24] http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=190309 [25] ap190310.html [26] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html [27] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ [28] http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html [29] http://www.astro.umd.edu/ [30] lib/about_apod.html#srapply [31] http://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html [32] http://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ [33] http://www.nasa.gov/ [34] http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ [35] http://www.mtu.edu/ --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 (Windows/32) * Origin: FIDONet - The Positronium Repository (1:393/68) .