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The aim of this chapter is to describe available evidence for the existence of relict ocean worlds. The focus is on Ceres as a clear example of such a world as indicated by the results from the Dawn mission. The sections of this chapter will also reflect the differences and commonalities with other recognized ocean worlds. We focus on Ceres as an example of relict ocean world and the implications it holds for the broader solar system. The presence of a large amount of water in the outer Solar System, the presence of low eutectic salts, and the similar pressure and temperature regimes at depth in icy moons and other dwarf planets suggest that many of these large icy worlds harbor or harbored deep oceans. Ceres is an example of relict Ocean world.

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    Maria Cristina De Sanctis

  2. International Research School of Planetary Sciences, Università d’Annunzio, Pescara, Italy

    Giuseppe Mitri

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    Giuseppe Mitri

  4. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA

    Julie Castillo-Rogez & Carol A. Raymond

  5. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

    Christopher H. House

  6. Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO, 80302, USA

    Simome Marchi

  7. Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

    Yasuhito Sekine

  8. Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

    Yasuhito Sekine

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De Sanctis, M.C., Mitri, G., Castillo-Rogez, J. et al. Relict Ocean Worlds: Ceres. Space Sci Rev 216, 60 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-020-00683-w

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