Ocean planet
An ocean planet, ocean world, water world, aquaplanet or panthalassic planet is a type of terrestrial planet that contains a substantial amount of water either at its surface or subsurface.[1][2][3][4] The term ocean world is also used sometimes for astronomical bodies with an ocean composed of a different fluid,[5] such as lava (the case of Io), ammonia (in a eutectic mixture with water, as is likely the case of Titan's inner ocean) or hydrocarbons like on Titan's surface (which could be the most abundant kind of exosea).[6]
Earth is the only astronomical object known to have bodies of liquid water on its surface, although several exoplanets have
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