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Ceres: An Ocean World

August 23 , 2020 1431 days 855 0
  • Scientists have announced that Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars is an ‘Ocean World’ which has a big reservoir of salty water under its frigid surface.
  • Other Solar system bodies beyond Earth where subsurface oceans have been known or have appeared to exist include
    • Saturn’s moon Enceladus,
    • Jupiter’s moon Europa,
    • Dwarf planet Pluto and
    • Neptune’s moon Triton.

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