Sentences with phrase «thick liquid water ocean»

We think it has a thick liquid water ocean which is thousands of time more voluminous than any water on Enceladus.

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Beneath an ice layer about 10 to 15 miles (15 - 25 kilometers) thick, the moon is thought to harbor a liquid water ocean, possibly warmed by geologic processes originating in the planet's core.

Under its ice crust, estimated to be 10 km thick, is an ocean of liquid water of over 100 km deep.

And a «lot of water» here means hundreds or thousands of Earth oceans's worth of water, completely covering the silicate mantle of the planets, most likely in hundreds of km - thick high - pressure water ice layers, below thick liquid oceans or high - pressure steam atmospheres.