Uranus' moon Ariel once had a deep ocean inside it, scientists say. A new study has found that the orbit of Uranus' moon was once stretched out, causing cracks to form on the moon's surface. The long crack was identified in a valley between old craters by analyzing images of Ariel taken by the spacecraft Voyager 2. Computer modeling has shown that Ariel's orbit has an eccentricity of about 0.04.
The water table there was about 160 kilometers, or 100 miles, deep, which put enough pressure on the ice to crack and geologically reshape parts of the moon. Uranus' moon Ariel once had a deep ocean inside it, scientists say. A new study has found that the orbit of Uranus' moon was once stretched out, causing cracks to form on the moon's surface. The long crack was identified in a valley between old craters by analyzing images of Ariel taken by the spacecraft Voyager 2. Computer modeling shows that Ariel's orbit has an eccentricity of about 0.04.
The water table there was about 160 kilometers, or 100 miles, deep, which put enough pressure on the ice to crack and geologically reshape parts of the moon. Scientists say Uranus' moon Ariel had a deep ocean inside. A new study shows that Uranus' moon's orbit was once stretched out, causing cracks on the moon's surface. The long crack was identified in a valley between old craters by analyzing images of Ariel taken by the Voyager 2 spacecraft. Computer modeling shows that Ariel's orbit has an eccentricity of about 0.04. The water table there was about 160 kilometers, or 100 miles, deep, which put enough pressure on the ice to crack and geologically reshape parts of the moon. Scientists say Uranus' moon Ariel had a deep ocean inside. A new study has found that the orbit of Uranus' moon was once very stretched, causing cracks to form on the moon's surface. The long crack was identified in a valley between old craters by analyzing images of the moon Ariel taken by the spacecraft Voyager 2. Computer modeling has shown that the eccentricity of Ariel's orbit is about 0.04. The water table there was about 160 kilometers, or 100 miles, deep, which put enough pressure on the ice to crack and geologically reshape parts of the moon. Scientists say that there was a deep ocean inside Uranus' moon Ariel. A new study has found that the orbit of Uranus' moon was once very stretched, causing cracks to form on the moon's surface. The long crack was identified in a valley between old craters by analyzing images of the moon Ariel taken by the spacecraft Voyager 2. Computer modeling has shown that the eccentricity of Ariel's orbit is about 0.04. The water table was about 160 kilometers, or 100 miles, deep, which was enough pressure to crack the ice and geologically reshape parts of the moon. Scientists say there was a deep ocean inside Uranus' moon Ariel. A new study has found that the orbit of Uranus' moon was once very stretched, causing cracks in the moon's surface. The long crack was identified in a valley between old craters by analyzing images of Ariel taken by the Voyager 2 spacecraft. Computer modeling has shown that Ariel's orbit has an eccentricity of about 0.04. The water table was about 160 kilometers, or 100 miles, deep, which was enough pressure to crack the ice and geologically reshape parts of the moon.