Enceladus

English <dab> Etymology From en la Enceladus, from en grc Ἐγκέλαδος. Pronunciation en /ɛnˈsɛlədəs/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Enceladus.wav Southern England Proper noun en Greek mythology A giant in Greek mythology. en astronomy A moon of Saturn. en w:National Geographic 1990 August 178 2 Voyage of the Century Bradford A. Smith 65 Such cryovolcanism probably occurred on Saturn's moon Enceladus (below right), where ices oozed through fissures. Derived terms en Enceladan Enceladean Gaia-Enceladus Translations mythology French: fr Encelade m Greek: el Εγκέλαδος m Ancient Greek: grc Ἐγκέλαδος m Polish: pl Enkelados m-pr Russian: ru Энцела́д m Spanish: es Encélado moon of Saturn Arabic: ar إِنْسِيلَادُوس Armenian: hy Էնցելադ Asturian: ast Encéladu m Belarusian: be Энцэла́д m Bulgarian: bg Енцела́д m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 土衛二 Tǔwèi'èr Esperanto: eo Encelado Finnish: fi Enceladus French: fr Encelade m Georgian: ka ენცელადი German: de Enceladus m Greek: el Εγκέλαδος m Hindi: hi ऍनसॅलाडस Italian: it Encelado m Japanese: ja エンケラドゥス Enkeradusu, ja エンケラドス Enkeradosu, ja エンセラダス Enseradasu Korean: ko ^엔셀라두스 Mongolian: mn Энселадус Persian: fa انسلادوس enselâdus Polish: pl Enceladus m-in Portuguese: pt Encélado m Russian: ru Энцела́д m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Енцелад m Latin: sh Encelad m Spanish: es Encélado Turkish: tr Enseladus Ukrainian: uk Енцела́д m Further reading Enceladus en Moons of Saturn Norwegian Bokmål no:Enceladus,no:Enkelados thumb|Enceladus, imaged by the Cassini spacecraft during a close approach in 2015. Etymology nb, ultimately from nb la Enceladus Enceladus, a Giant in Greek mythology, from nb grc Ἐγκέλαδος Enkelados, a Giant in Greek mythology, from grc ἐν- in, within + grc κέλαδος loud noise, din, clamour. The first element continues Ancient Greek grc ἐν in, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ine-pro *h₁én in. The deeper origin of grc κέλαδος is unclear; a connection with Proto-Indo-European ine-pro *kelh₁- to call, shout has been proposed, but is considered problematic because the expected Greek vocalism would be different. The astronomical name commemorates the mythological nb Enkelados, one of the Giants. The moon was discovered by William Herschel on 28 August 1789. His son John Herschel proposed the name Enceladus in his 1847 work Results of Astronomical Observations Made During the Years 1834, 5, 6, 7, 8, at the Cape of Good Hope, as part of a naming scheme drawing on mythological figures associated with Cronus, the Greek counterpart of Saturn. Parallel international forms include da Enceladus, sv Enceladus, de Enceladus, nl Enceladus, fi Enceladus, pl Enceladus and en Enceladus. Pronunciation nb /ɛnˈseː.la.dʉs/ nb eːladʉs 4 nb En ce la dus Proper noun nb proper noun nb astronomy Enceladus; a small icy moon of Saturn, notable for its global subsurface ocean and geyser-like jets of water vapour and ice particles erupting from its south polar region nb Cassini observerte store fontener av vann og is på Enceladus. Cassini observed large plumes of water and ice on Enceladus. nb 24 February 2025 Store norske leksikon Enceladus Enceladus er en av Saturns måner. Enceladus har atmosfære og fontener av vann og is som spruter opp fra overflaten. Enceladus is one of Saturn's moons. Enceladus has an atmosphere and fountains of water and ice that spray up from the surface. Usage notes In Norwegian, nb Enceladus is the astronomical name of Saturn's moon. The mythological Giant after whom it is named is normally called nb Enkelados. See also nb Enkelados Giant in Greek mythology; namesake of Enceladus References “Enceladus”, Store norske leksikon nb Moons Moons of Saturn nb eponyms Polish pl: Etymology pl :lbor grc:Ἐγκέλαδος + 1 Pronunciation LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Enceladus.wav Proper noun m-pr pl astronomy Enceladus moon of Saturn Declension 1 See also Further reading pl Moons of Saturn