Mimas has a curved rotation and scientists believe that this is due to the ocean inside it. However, unlike other moons with oceans, Mimas has no such mark on its surface, indicating an ocean beneath it. This research has been published in the journal Icarus. Researcher Alyssa Roden and her colleague Matthew Walker realized that this moon could hold water under 14 to 20 miles of ice on its surface.
Roden, a specialist in the geophysics of icy satellites and co-leader of NASA’s Network for Ocean Worlds Research Coordination Network, said Mimas has a crater on its surface. He and his colleague think it is a frozen piece of ice. His research has strengthened the notion of a potentially habitable world in our solar system and beyond.
They say that examining the presence of an ocean or ocean in Mimas will help researchers better understand the rest of Saturn’s moons as well.
By the way, like the moon of Saturn, there has been evidence of the presence of water on the moon of Earth. China’s Chang’e 5 Lunar Lander, which went to the Moon, has discovered important evidence related to water there. This lander has found the first on-site evidence of water on the surface of the Moon. This explains why the Moon is dry even after the presence of water.
The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Science Advances, showed that the soil at the Moon’s landing site contained 120 parts-per-million (ppm) of water. That is, there is 120 grams of water in one ton of soil. The water content here is 180ppm in light and vesicular rock. It is much smaller than Earth. Because of this the Moon is more dry.
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