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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (14583)6/20/2007 6:50:53 AM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (1) of 14758
 
Waters not uncommon in many places:

Question: Are there any other planets in our solar system that have water on them.
Skeim

Answer 1: There may be frozen water on Mars and on the Moon!
I don't know of any evidence for water anywhere else in the solar system.
....... john hawley

Answer 2: I did a bit of research and it appears that water (mostly in the form of ice or frost) may exist on (or in) many of the bodies of our solar system. A recent (10/92) article in Science magazine spoke of radar evidence for frozen water at the north pole of Mercury. Ice may also be
present at the smaller south pole. There is good evidence that Venus has some small amount of water vapor in its atmosphere. All of the gas giants (Jupiter, Saturn, etc.) likely have water ice as a significant component
of their cores, and Voyager found that Jupiter's and Saturn's atmospheres have frozen water clouds, and below them clouds of liquid water droplets. Ice is the major constituent of Saturn's rings, and is a major component of the crust and mantle of several of Jupiter's and Saturn's moons (indeed, there is speculation that Jupiter's moon Europa, in addition to having a crust that is largely ice, may have a layer of liquid water beneath this crust.) Ice is found on the surfaces of the major moons of Uranus and Neptune. And comets consist mainly of ice. But if you want oceans (or even lakes), Earth seems to be the only place in the solar system to look.
rcwinther

newton.dep.anl.gov

Now - so what?
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