RT Book, Section
T1 Seas under ice: stability of water oceans within icy worlds
A1 Ruiz Pérez, Javier
A1 Fairén, Alberto G.
A2 Lacoste, Huguette
AB The possible existence of internal oceans in some icy bodies of the outer Solar System has been recently suggested in a joint of observations that cover a wide range of evidences: induced magnetic fields in Europa, Ganymede and Callisto [e.g., ref. 1], induced by Jupiter’s field in an electricity-conducting layer near the surface, likely salty water; hydrated minerals on the surface of Europa and Ganymede [3,4], which suggest the presence of water on the surface in the past, with probably an inner source; geological evidences of a mobile layer a few kilometers beneath the surface of Europa [5]; or a recent resurfacing in Triton suggested by the craterization’s density and distribution [6]. But the nature of the different proposed liquid layers could be very different, although the own existence of inner oceans could be a common phenomena.
PB ESA Publications Division
SN 92-9092-828-X
YR 2002
FD 2002
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/60953
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/60953
LA eng
DS Docta Complutense
RD 21 abr 2025