Friday, 17 October 2014

Saturn Moon May Hide a 'Fossil' Core or an Ocean

This mosaic of Saturn's moon Mimas was created from images taken by Cassini



A new study suggests the cratered surface of Saturn's icy moon Mimas indicates the moon's frozen core is shaped something like a football, or the moon has a liquid water ocean.










from News and Features - NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory http://ift.tt/1ud2yXz

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