Published in Nature Astronomy · View the paper (DOI)
The study investigates the physical forces acting on Enceladus that allow the tiger stripe fissures to form and remain in place. The researchers found that the fissures could have formed on either pole, but the south pole's unique deformation led to their formation.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- How Enceladus got its stripes Carnegie Institution for Science · Dec 9, 2019 · first to report
- Explaining the tiger stripes of enceladus University of California - Davis · Dec 9, 2019