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'''Europa''' is the fourth largest moon of [[Jupiter]]. Discovered by [[Galileo]], it has a diameter of 3,318 km (about 2,068 miles, which would make it slightly smaller than the Earth's [[Moon]]). It is surrounded by a layer of [[ice]], which makes it part of the search for [[extraterrestrial life]]. | '''Europa''' is the fourth largest moon of [[Jupiter]]. Discovered by [[Galileo]], it has a diameter of 3,318 km (about 2,068 miles, which would make it slightly smaller than the Earth's [[Moon]]). It is surrounded by a layer of [[ice]], which makes it part of the search for [[extraterrestrial life]]. | ||
Revision as of 04:21, October 29, 2007
Europa is the fourth largest moon of Jupiter. Discovered by Galileo, it has a diameter of 3,318 km (about 2,068 miles, which would make it slightly smaller than the Earth's Moon). It is surrounded by a layer of ice, which makes it part of the search for extraterrestrial life.
References
John Gribbin, Companion to the Cosmos (Little, Brown & Company, 1996)