Europa's icefield Part 2
by David Robinson
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Europa's icefield Part 2
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David Robinson
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Digital Art - Digital
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Looking back at Jupiter from the ice fields of Europa. It is believed that Europa has an outer layer of water around 100 km (62 mi) thick; some as frozen-ice upper crust, some as liquid ocean underneath the ice. Recent magnetic field data from the Galileo orbiter showed that Europa has an induced magnetic field through interaction with Jupiter's,
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November 16th, 2013
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Louis J Boston II
Excellent perspective of the Jovian giant, as seen from Eurpoa. - It's interesting how both the gravitational and magnetic influence from Jupiter are ultimately equated to not only heat transferance of, ice-to-water on Eurpopa, Ganymeda, and Callisoto, but also the daily influence of volcanic activity from Io!