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To: Uncle George

Uh, at least one of the Moons of Jupiter is covered in a water ocean, frozen for several miles down.


42 posted on 02/21/2007 12:49:46 PM PST by MHGinTN (If you've had life support. Promote life support for others.)
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To: MHGinTN

It still has to be discovered whether Europa has a liquid water ocean, some slushy stuff, or if the moon's water is frozen solid through and through. The cracks on the surface suggest that it could have liquid water seeping up, though.


49 posted on 02/21/2007 1:27:46 PM PST by Jedi Master Pikachu ( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
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To: MHGinTN

Uh, at least one of the Moons of Jupiter is covered in a water ocean, frozen for several miles down.


Sure would take a lot of energy to melt that ice and break down the hydrogen-oxygen bonds. The moon could then de-gas and perhaps create an atmoshere. According to Buck Rogers, anyway.


59 posted on 02/21/2007 6:30:23 PM PST by David Isaac (Duncan Hunter '08)
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