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Europa's gravity is approximately 13% of Earth's. The temperature on Europa varies from −160 °C at the equator, to −220 °C at either of its poles. [145] Europa's subsurface ocean is thought to be significantly [clarification needed] warmer however. It is hypothesized that because of radioactive and tidal heating (as mentioned in the ...
Europa (Jupiter II), the second of the four Galilean moons, is the second closest to Jupiter and the smallest at 3121.6 kilometers in diameter, which is slightly smaller than Earth's Moon. The name comes from a mythical Phoenician noblewoman, Europa , who was courted by Zeus and became the queen of Crete , though the name did not become widely ...
Europa: 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) conical mountain (34.5N, 169.5W) [60] 132 K Subsolar temperature [61] Ganymede: 156 K Subsolar temperature [61] 80 K Nighttime temperature [62] Callisto: 168 K Subsolar temperature [61] 80 K Predawn nighttime temperature [63] Titan: 2 km (1.2 mi) Mithrim Montes, Xanadu [64] Mimas: Enceladus: 110 K Tiger Stripes [65 ...
Pwyll (Welsh pronunciation:) is an impact crater on the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa.It is thought to be one of the youngest features on the moon. The crater was first observed from Voyager images in 1986, [2] and the name was officially recognized by the IAU in 1997, after Pwyll of Welsh mythology.
Europa's diameter is about 1,940 miles (3,100 km) at its equator, roughly 90% that of our moon. Europa's icy shell is currently believed to be 10-15 miles (15-25 km) thick, floating atop an ocean ...
New research suggests there's less oxygen on the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa than thought — and that could affect what if any life might be lurking in the moon’s underground ocean. As ...
The temperature range of a moon that is tidally locked to a gas giant could be less extreme than with a planet locked to a star. Even though no studies have been done on the subject, modest amounts of CO 2 are speculated to make the temperature habitable. [18]
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected carbon, a building block of life, on the surface of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa.