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US scientists have recently discovered an underground ocean buried beneath the surface of a moon named Mimas on which planet?
A
Mars
B
Jupiter
C
Mercury
D
Saturn
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -One of NASA’s latest discoveries could change the definition of what planetary objects aside from Earth will be considered “potentially habitable.” Researchers have found that Saturn’s tiny, frozen “Death Star” moon, called Mimas, could actually be a “stealth” ocean world .

Detailed explanation-2: -The solar system’s largest moon, Ganymede, in orbit around Jupiter, harbors an underground ocean containing more water than all the oceans on Earth.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mimas – Mimas is the innermost major moon of Saturn, located around 115,000 miles (186,000 km) from this Planet. It is also the smallest, and least massive of the inner moons with a mean radius of 123 miles (198 km).

Detailed explanation-4: -Enceladus is the sixth-largest moon of Saturn (19th largest in the Solar System). It is about 500 kilometers (310 miles) in diameter, about a tenth of that of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan.

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