Image: Enceladus plume molecules
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Description: The lower panel is a mass spectrum that shows the chemical constituents sampled in Enceladus' plume by Cassini's Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer during its fly-through of the plume on Mar. 12, 2008. Shown are the amounts, in atomic mass per elementary charge (Daltons [Da]), of water vapor, methane, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, simple organics and complex organics identified in the plume.
Title: Enceladus plume molecules
Credit: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA10356
Author: NASA/JPL/SwRI
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