Liquid water in the Solar System
It is estimated that Europa has over two times and Titan nearly eleven times more liquid water as subsurface oceans than Earth. Only liquid water is considered in these estimates but water ice is also significantly present in Europa and Titan. The image assumes a mean ocean depth of 4 km, 100 km, and 200 km for Earth, Europa, and Titan, respectively.
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http://phl.upr.edu/library/media/liquidwaterinthesolarsystem
CREDIT: PHL @ UPR Arecibo, NASA.
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No water on other moons then? Waiting to see if they find some kind of life on Titan, that would be cool
ReplyDeleteWell, At least there's hope in case the hydrogen economy they are all praising is going to leave earth looking more like Mars due to hydrogen leaks.
ReplyDeleteNow that's encouraging...
ReplyDeleteSo.. err.. a comparatively small moon [1, image is at scale] contains more water then Earth which is considered a very wet water rich planet. In fact, 2/3rd of it's surface is water.
ReplyDeleteDoes that mean that moons like Europa and Titan are basically real "water worlds"? Aka, no solid surfaces other then ice?
Also, does "water on europa and titan" mean water as in "H2o"? And if so, would that be drinkable for humans, assuming you filter it first.
[1] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Europa%2C_Earth_%26_Moon_size_comparison.jpg
Eneceladas (which i don't know about the spelling) has geysers shooting out into space.
ReplyDeleteHey Corina Marinescu , and Sam Collett any ideas about a "Kreb's cycle" at super cold 100 K ? Or are we stuck looking for simple chemical / volcano vent life ?
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