This is the first time that quakes have been linked to the cause of unusually smooth terrain. Previously, scientists hypothesized the smooth surface was caused by liquid erupting from icy volcanoes.
and quakes on Saturn's moon Enceladus revealed: “Because of that moon’s small gravity, quakes on tiny Enceladus could be large enough to fling icy debris right off the surface and into space like a wet dog shaking itself off,” added Robert Pappalardo, project scientist of Europa Clipper at JPL.This is the first time that quakes, which caused landslides, have been linked to the cause of unusually smooth terrain.
The team intends to learn a lot more about the icy moons found in the far reaches of our solar system. The upcoming NASA's Europa Clipper mission, which will conduct close flybys of Jupiter's moon Europa, will be able to further expand this study. However, that would not happen until the end of this decade.
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