“We just need to go back” – Uranus’ moon Ariel may have hidden a 100-mile-deep ocean
The study estimates the moon’s ancient ocean may have been more than 100 miles deep and says tidal forces likely fractured its icy crust.
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NASA data suggests Uranus moon hides 100-mile-deep ocean
A tiny moon orbiting Uranus may have a substantial ocean buried underneath it. Researchers studying Ariel, one of Uranus’ moons, found evidence that its strange, heavily fractured surface may have been shaped by tidal forces generated when the moon had a much more eccentric orbit. Their findings, published in Icarus, suggest Ariel may have hidden an ocean extending more than 100 miles (170 kilometers) deep beneath its frozen exterior. For perspe…
One of Uranus' moons, Ariel, has a major unsolved mystery: It hid a vast ocean inside.
“We just need to go back” – Uranus’ moon Ariel may have hidden a 100-mile-deep ocean
Ariel, one of Uranus’ moons, may once have contained a subsurface ocean more than 100 miles deep beneath its fractured icy shell. The finding, combined with similar evidence from Miranda, suggests the distant Uranian system could harbor multiple hidden ocean worlds.
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