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minus-squareMajorHavoclinkfedilinkarrow-up2·20 hours ago What is “surface”? In this context, I believe this is limiting to planets whose water is not deep inside the planet’s crust somewhere, but exposed to its atmosphere.
minus-squaremmddmm@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·20 hours agoOk, but the gas giants should have that. We just can’t see them. Unless you want pure water. But then, how pure?
In this context, I believe this is limiting to planets whose water is not deep inside the planet’s crust somewhere, but exposed to its atmosphere.
Ok, but the gas giants should have that. We just can’t see them.
Unless you want pure water. But then, how pure?