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Re:Planet Ceres is an 'ocean world' with sea water beneath s... by 9nGQluzmnq3M on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @03:11AM (#24117917)
> the water on the surface is 20% carbon by mass

Sorry, can you explain what you mean by this? Are you using "water" figuratively for all liquid, as opposed to H2O?

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Re:Planet Ceres is an 'ocean world' with sea water beneath s... by Symmetry on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @06:12AM (#24118837)
We conventionally call the Earth's seas "water" despite the fact that they have a lot of dissolved CO2 and fish in them. Presumably Ceres's seas don't have anything like a fish but without microorganisms to scavenge they'll tend to have a lot of carbon containing compounds.
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