Fortuitously, Cassini flew through this gas cloud during the July 14 encounter, allowing instruments such as the ion and neutral mass spectrometer (INMS) and the cosmic dust analyzer (CDA) to directly sample the plume.
Por sorte, a Cassini voou a través desta nube de gas durante o encontro do 14 de xullo, permitindo que instrumentos coma o espectrómetro de masa (INMS) e o analizador de po cósmico (CDA) puidesen facer unha análise in situ da pluma.