Posted on 06/17/2024 10:46:01 AM PDT by Red Badger
The real question is, why are all the planets named after the Roman pantheon of gods except for one? Was that so astronomers could make crude jokes in perpetuity?
I guess the explanation of the supposed “Tetragonal” layer of ice below the thick ocean is that under pressure, ice can form that is denser than salt water? But other analysis proposes that the mantle would heat water immediately above it. (I can imagine a liquid ocean above the mantle could be quite irregular and dynamic. Mountains of ice bumping about?)
Your link on TikTok tries to take me to an application
Correct! It is a small app which you must move the "slider" to complete the picture in order to prove you are NOT a ROBOT and allow you to LOGON WITHOUT having an existing ACCOUNT!
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