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On the thermal history of Saturn's satellites Titan and Enceladus

Dorofeeva, V. A.; Ruskol, E. L.

The thermal histories of two geologically active satellites of Saturn—Titan and Enceladus—are discussed. During the Cassini mission, it was found that there are both nitrogen-containing compounds—NH₃ and N₂-and CO₂ and CH₄ in the water plumes of Enceladus; at that, ammonia is the prevailing form. This ma…