Europa
By: Leann Beckett
What is Europa
It is 1 of 67 moons of jupiter, its mostly mad of ice, and the surface of the moon is hotter than you think it would be
discovery
Galileo is an Italian asternot, he discoverd Europa in 1610, Europa is slightly smaller the Earth, the diameter of the moon is 1,940 miles, it takes 3.55 days for the moon to orbite.
Characteristics
The surface of the moon is all ice, there could be living things on europa, the moon has one of the smoothist surface
NASA | The Hidden Ocean of Europa: Beneath the Frozen Surface
sourses
- Astronomy Picture of the Day." APOD: April 10, 1997. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Nov. 2014.
- "Europa Jupiter System Mission." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 11 Nov. 2014.
- "NASA: Evidence of Water on Jupiter's Moon Europa." VOA. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Nov. 2014.
- "World Book Online Reference Center | Online Reference Book| Online Encyclopedia." World Book. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Nov. 2014.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nExGCmkSIa0