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Do Enceladus' geysers fall back to its surface or do they achieve escape velocity?
Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, has a very low surface gravity at 0.114 m/s² or 0.012 g. It has a subsurface ocean of liquid water and is ejecting plumes of it. Does the ejected water eventually fall/...
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