Wait, Whut?!

NotFragile

N
All right, I don't claim to be a scientist, but somebody needs to 'splain this...

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A water world with no atmosphere? That don't seem right...how did the water get there?
 

Kancro Vantas

Kancro Vantas
t3l3c0n said:
Don't we already have ice planets though?
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The carbon water based life might be the difference.

Ice planet - too cold,not life...and really ICY as in white....and all the way through nucleus..

Water Planet - Frozen - No atmosphere, a shell of ice kms thick under which there is a sea thriving with life, like in the Little Mermaid...:D
 

Andovar

Andovar
Zalifer said:
Are we sure of this? The general term used has been "airless rocky" moons and planets. This would not qualify, seeing as it is not a rocky planet, but an icy water planet.
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Although the numbers certainly don't reflect that. 0.1% ice, 63.9% rock, 31.5% metal. Certainly seems like a rocky planet planet to me.
I guess it's a really, really thin layer of ice over the entire surface. :rolleyes:

I still agree with the OP's "wait, whut?" sentiment. Things aren't adding up there.
 

MarcusVatta

MarcusVatta
That's worth a closer look. I've seen melted ice worlds before, but not a frozen water world. Whenever I finish surveying a system, I always look it over to in system map, to see if anything is worth a close flyby (and to see who beat me to this system ;) ). This would have qualified.
 

Reaper99

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There are a few theoretical ideas...1. maybe no breathable or useable atmos. if completely devoid of it...gravity would still play apart of keeping water on the surface...and with no osmosis...there would be no atmos.

or I have no idea :)
 
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