Reply to post: Water vapor and ice from Enceladus getting to Earth?

Cassini may be dead – but its data shows basic building blocks of life spewing from Enceladus

BigBear

Water vapor and ice from Enceladus getting to Earth?

@aregross

Not in any but trace quantities, if that. The solids are recaptured by Enceladus, if I understand correctly. The gases would likely be captured by Saturn's powerful gravity.

To the extent that they are not so captured, the solar wind would carry the gases further away from the Earth, leaving little or nothing just floating about.

Added to that, the Earth is a VERY great distance from Saturn, even when we're on the same side of the solar system. Brownian-motion based dilution goes with volume, which is proportional to distance^3....

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