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Titan's Subsurface Ocean
SigurRosFan
post Jun 12 2007, 08:10 AM
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Interesting news:

- Mysterious signal hints at subsurface ocean on Titan

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The tentative detection of low frequency radio waves on Saturn's icy moon, Titan, could signal an underground ocean of liquid water, a new study [led by Fernando Simoes] says.
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ngunn
post Jun 13 2007, 11:18 AM
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The possibility of underground lakes of methane/ethane in the upper regions of Titan's icy crust was discussed in an earlier thread relating to the very low density/porosity/possibly cavernous nature inferred from radar measurements for parts of Xanadu. The layer of water/ammonia invoked to contain this possible ELF resonance would on the other hand be located at the bottom of the icy crust, where conditions are presumably a bit warmer. So it's possible that Titan actually posesses two different kinds of sunless sea, one at the bottom of the Alph and one at the bottom of the ELF.
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