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Some Astronomers Suspect That Saturn's Satellite Enceladus Could Be Heated

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Some astronomers suspect that Saturn's satellite Enceladus could be heated enough by tidal flexing to produce active geysers of water on its surface, in a mechanism similar to that operating on Jupiter's satellite Io. Which one of the following statements is a correct observational fact supporting this conjecture?


A) A strong electric current flows from Enceladus to Saturn along Saturn's magnetic lines of force.
B) Enceladus is a "shepherd satellite" for the braided F ring, which could be made up of ice particles from the geysers.
C) Active volcanoes were photographed on Enceladus by the Voyager spacecraft.
D) Enceladus orbits inside the faint E ring, which may be made up of ice particles from the geysers.

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