Water plays two fundamental roles in the solar system. As well as being ubiquitous on Earth, it is a building block of comets, the numerous icy moons in the outer solar system, the gas giant planets and most of the dwarf planets. It is also the critical factor for life as we know it and an understanding of the properties of water on solar system bodies guides their characterization as potential abodes of life.
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