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A Newly-Discovered Asteroid And What's Beneath The Ice On Enceladus

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Exploring Enceladus and the Discovery of a New Quasi-Moon Asteroid

This chapter delves into the intriguing potential for life on Enceladus, Saturn's moon, driven by the Cassini mission's findings of phosphorus-rich plumes. It also introduces the newly identified asteroid 2023 FW13, a quasi-moon that shares an orbit with Earth.

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