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   James Nicoll to Cray74@gmail.com   
   Re: Ceres: The New Water Planet?   
   18 Sep 05 14:11:25   
   
   From: jdnicoll@panix.com   
      
   In article <1126871000.673585.149710@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,   
   Cray74@gmail.com  wrote:   
   >   
   >manofsan@gmail.com wrote:   
   >> Is Ceres the biggest repository of water in the solar system?   
   >   
   >Far from it. Remember how large and water rich the Galilean moons are?   
   >They dwarf Europa and have thick water ice mantles.   
      
   	Europa _is_ a Galilean moon.   
      
   	If you want a large repository of water, look to the two ice   
   giants, Uranus and Neptune. Both have large mantles rich in water.   
      
   	Oh, and an annoyingly high escape velocity (but less than   
   either Saturn or Jupiter's).   
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