Europa

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Galilean moon astronomical object natural satellite

Europa is one of Jupiter’s large icy moons, notable for its smooth frozen surface and the subsurface ocean that makes it a prime candidate in the search for extraterrestrial life.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Europa canonical 20
EUROPA 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Galilean moon ⓘ
astronomical object ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
albedo high ⓘ
atmosphereType tenuous ⓘ
atmosphericComponent oxygen ⓘ
water vapor (trace) ⓘ
belongsToGroup Galilean moons ⓘ
diameter_km 3121.6 ⓘ
discoverer Galileo Galilei ⓘ
discoveryDate 1610 ⓘ
eccentricity 0.0094 ⓘ
equatorialSurfaceTemperature_K 125 ⓘ
escapeVelocity_km_per_s 2.025 ⓘ
exploredBy Galileo spacecraft ⓘ
New Horizons ⓘ
Pioneer 10 ⓘ
Pioneer 11 ⓘ
Voyager 1 ⓘ
Voyager 2 ⓘ
geologicalActivity possible cryovolcanism ⓘ
tidal heating ⓘ
hasSubsurfaceOcean true ⓘ
iceShellThickness_km 10–30 ⓘ
inclination_degrees 0.47 ⓘ
magneticInteraction induces magnetic field in Jupiter’s magnetosphere ⓘ
mass_kg 4.7998e22 ⓘ
meanDensity_g_per_cm3 3.01 ⓘ
meanRadius_km 1560.8 ⓘ
meanSurfaceTemperature_K 102 ⓘ
namedAfter Queen of Crete ⓘ
surface form: Europa (Phoenician princess in Greek mythology)
nameLanguageOfOrigin Greek ⓘ
neighboringMoon Callisto ⓘ
Ganymede ⓘ
Io ⓘ
oceanComposition liquid water ⓘ
oceanDepth_km 60–150 ⓘ
oceanLocation beneath ice shell ⓘ
orbitalPeriod_days 3.551181 ⓘ
orbits Jupiter ⓘ
partOf Jovian satellite system ⓘ
surface form: Jovian system

Solar System ⓘ
polarSurfaceTemperature_K 50 ⓘ
primaryEnergySourceForOcean tidal heating from Jupiter’s gravity ⓘ
resonantOrbitalRelationship in 1:2 resonance with Ganymede ⓘ
in 2:1 resonance with Io ⓘ
rotationPeriod_days 3.551181 ⓘ
rotationType tidally locked ⓘ
scientificInterest potential habitability ⓘ
search for extraterrestrial life ⓘ
semiMajorAxis_km 671100 ⓘ
surfaceComposition water ice ⓘ
surfaceFeature chaos terrain ⓘ
few impact craters ⓘ
lineae ⓘ
smooth icy plains ⓘ
surfaceGravity_m_per_s2 1.315 ⓘ
targetOf Europa Clipper mission ⓘ
JUICE mission ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jupiter → hasMajorMoon → Europa ⓘ
Galilean moons → member → Europa ⓘ
Galilean moons → resonanceMembers → Europa ⓘ
Air Europa → callsign → Europa ⓘ
this entity surface form: EUROPA
imaging science system → capturedImagesOf → Europa ⓘ
subject surface form: Imaging Science System
Galileo spacecraft → target → Europa ⓘ
JUICE mission → target → Europa ⓘ
Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile) → title → Europa ⓘ
Medicean stars → member → Europa ⓘ
Medicean stars → hasMemberWithSubsurfaceOceanHypothesis → Europa ⓘ
Jovian satellite system → hasMember → Europa ⓘ
Jovian satellite system → hasFirstDiscoveredMember → Europa ⓘ
Laplace resonance → involvesBody → Europa ⓘ
Europa Clipper mission → target → Europa ⓘ
Europa Clipper mission → primaryTarget → Europa ⓘ
Io → isGalileanSatelliteWith → Europa ⓘ
Nederlandse Vereniging van Dierentuinen → region → Europa ⓘ
Solid-State Imaging camera → target → Europa ⓘ
Photopolarimeter-Radiometer → target → Europa ⓘ
Ultraviolet Spectrometer → studied → Europa ⓘ
subject surface form: Ultraviolet Spectrometer (Galileo)
Plasma Wave Subsystem → targetBody → Europa ⓘ