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Enceladus

[ en-sel-uh-duhs ]

noun

  1. Classical Mythology. a giant with a hundred arms buried under Mount Etna, in Sicily.
  2. Astronomy. a natural satellite of the planet Saturn.


Enceladus

1

noun

  1. a very bright satellite of Saturn


Enceladus

2

/ ɛnˈsɛlədəs /

noun

  1. Greek myth a giant who was punished for his rebellion against the gods by a fatal blow from a stone cast by Athena. He was believed to be buried under Mount Etna in Sicily

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All are geared toward an astrobiological investigation that would look more closely for signs that Enceladus is habitable to life.

In some ways, Enceladus ought to be higher up my list than Titan, were it not for the fact that there just simply isn’t any mission on the books right now to study it.

There are already orbital surveys of the surfaces of Europa and Enceladus in the works.

This suggests that Titan, like Europa and Enceladus, has a sub-surface reserve of liquid water.

If there is life on Enceladus, though, it may be hard to find.

Enceladus is, however, furious at what he considers a cowardly acceptance of their fate, and urges his brethren to resist.

There can be little doubt but Enceladus and Typhon are only different names for the same monster.

Enceladus, another redoubtable giant, also created by Gæa, now appeared to avenge Typhœus.

Encel´ados (Latin, Enceladus), the most powerful of all the giants who conspired against Jupiter.

The sixth and seventh satellites, Mimas and Enceladus, were discovered by him in 1789.

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