The Winter Olympics on Enceladus

Authors

  • David McDonagh The Centre for Interdisciplinary Science, University of Leicester

Keywords:

Sports, Physics, Mechanics, Enceladus, Solar System

Abstract

The viability of Enceladus as a future location for The Winter Olympic Games is considered, using the large hill ski jumping event of the Sochi 2014 slope as a case study. Different conditions are found to significantly increase descent and air time, while the lack of a significant atmosphere could lead to interesting developments in the sport.

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How to Cite

McDonagh, D. (2017). The Winter Olympics on Enceladus. Journal of Interdisciplinary Science Topics, 3. Retrieved from https://journals.le.ac.uk/index.php/jist/article/view/742

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Vol. 3 (2014)

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