Enceladus
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Classical Mythology. a giant with a hundred arms buried under Mount Etna, in Sicily.
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Astronomy. a natural satellite of the planet Saturn.
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That pressure may help create dramatic surface features such as the long fractures known as the "tiger stripes" on Enceladus.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 2, 2026
There is also a plan to send a spacecraft to Saturn's moon Enceladus, which scientists suspect could have a liquid ocean under its icy shell that might even have the ability to host life.
From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025
Enceladus is a relatively small moon, only about 313 miles wide, and its weak gravity is not strong enough to keep the erupting jets from escaping into space.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 18, 2025
What Enceladus does is akin to a volcano hurling lava into space -- except the ejecta are plumes of water vapor and ice.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2025
The giant Enceladus had Percy wrapped in his massive fist.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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