Oceans of the Solar System

Created by the Universidad de Puerto Rico en Arecibo (the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo) scientists, this amazing infographic shows the volumes of the oceans of the Solar System. The unit used is the volume of the liquid water on Earth, so the ocean volumes of the other planetary objects are given by the multiples of the volume of the oceans on our planet.

Oceans of the Solar System

Earth

• The volume of liquid water as the Earth’s oceans: x1
• The mass of liquid water compared to the body’s mass: 0.002 percent

Related: Where did Earth’s water come from?

Enceladus

• The volume of liquid water as the Earth’s oceans: x0.01
• The mass of liquid water compared to the body’s mass: 14 percent

Related: We may have already detected signs of alien microbes on Saturn’s moon Enceladus

Mars’ past

• The volume of liquid water as the Earth’s oceans: x0.04
• The mass of liquid water compared to the body’s mass: 0.01 percent

Related: Ancient Mars: how Mars looked like when there was liquid water on its surface

Europa

• The volume of liquid water as the Earth’s oceans: x2.4
• The mass of liquid water compared to the body’s mass: 6.4 percent

Related: Earth’s water vs Europa’s water

Ganymede

• The volume of liquid water as the Earth’s oceans: x6.2
• The mass of liquid water compared to the body’s mass: 5.4 percent

Related: What if Ganymede was the Earth’s second moon?

Titan

• The volume of liquid water as the Earth’s oceans: x11.4
• The mass of liquid water compared to the body’s mass: 11 percent

Related: Living on Mars is a terrible idea, scientist says. We should colonize Titan, instead

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