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Evidence that Saturn's moon Mimas is a stealth ocean world: Simulations suggest that Saturn's smallest, innermost moon could have an expanding, geologically young ocean

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Mimas seemed like an unlikely candidate, with its icy, heavily cratered surface marked by one giant impact crater that makes the small moon look much like the Death Star from Star Wars. If Mimas has an ocean, it represents a new class of small, stealth ocean worlds with surfaces that do not betray the ocean's existence.

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SwRI investigations reveal more evidence that Mimas is a stealth ocean world

When a Southwest Research Institute scientist discovered surprising evidence that Saturn’s smallest, innermost moon could generate the right amount of heat to support a liquid internal ocean, colleagues began studying Mimas’ surface to understand how its interior may have evolved. Numerical simulations of the moon’s Herschel impact basin, the most striking feature on its heavily cratered surface, determined that the basin’s structure and the lac…

1 year ago·Washington, United States

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Phys.org

Investigations reveal more evidence that Mimas is a stealth ocean world

When a Southwest Research Institute scientist discovered surprising evidence that Saturn's smallest, innermost moon could generate the right amount of heat to support a liquid internal ocean, colleagues began studying Mimas' surface to understand how its interior may have evolved. Numerical simulations of the moon's Herschel impact basin, the most striking feature on its heavily cratered surface, determined that the basin's structure and the lac…

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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Science Daily

Evidence that Saturn's moon Mimas is a stealth ocean world: Simulations suggest that Saturn's smallest, innermost moon could have an expanding, geologically young ocean

When a scientist discovered surprising evidence that Saturn's smallest, innermost moon could generate the right amount of heat to support a liquid internal ocean, colleagues began studying Mimas' surface to understand how its interior may have evolved. Numerical simulations of the moon's Herschel impact basin, the most striking feature on its heavily cratered surface, determined that the basin's structure and the lack of tectonics on Mimas are c…

1 year ago·United States

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Newswise

Investigations reveal more evidence that Mimas is a stealth ocean world

When a Southwest Research Institute scientist discovered surprising evidence that Saturn’s smallest, innermost moon could generate the right amount of heat to

1 year ago·Charlottesville, United States

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