Investigations Reveal More Evidence That Mimas Is A Stealth Ocean World

Investigations Reveal More Evidence That Mimas Is A Stealth Ocean World

The heavily cratered surface of Mimas (left) suggests a cold history, but its librations rule out a homogeneous interior. Mimas must instead have a rocky inner and outer hydrosphere, which could include a liquid ocean (option A) or be entirely frozen with an irregularly shaped core (option B). An ocean corresponds better to the libration …

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