Bananas for Scale
Enceladus

Photo from Wikimedia Commons

Enceladus

Saturn's tiny moon with geysers and a hidden ocean/Moons

Enceladus is only 504 km across but punches far above its weight in scientific interest. The Cassini spacecraft discovered enormous plumes of water ice erupting from cracks near its south pole, hinting at a subsurface ocean beneath the icy crust. This makes it one of the most promising places to search for extraterrestrial life, assuming alien microbes enjoy extremely cold salt water.

Measurements

Diameter504,200 m
9.5 quadrillionBohr radii
9.2 millionPink erasers
4.8 millionBagel diameters

504.2 km

Mass108 quintillion kg
956 quadrillionManhole covers
15.4 quintillionThanksgiving turkeys
9 sextillionStrawberry weights
Orbital radius238 million m
298 millionFolding chair heights
134 millionSamsung refrigerators

238,000 km from Saturn

Orbital period118,386 s
125 millionthsGenerations
19,731Breaths

About 1.37 days

Surface temperature75 K
2 tenthsBoiling water
2.3 tenthsClothes dryer temps
2.7 tenthsRefrigerators

Average surface

Geyser vent temperature197 K
6.9 tenthsBeer cellar temps
6.7 tenthsOffice thermostats
6 tenthsClothes dryer temps

Warm spots near south pole vents

Orbital speed12,630 m/s
12,630Shopping cart rolls
404Highway speeds
Browse more in Moons