Europa's Moon
By:Crystal Munoz
Where is Europa located ?
It was discovered in january 8,1610.
Earth and Europa
comparing earth and Europa.
Earth's surface is mostley land and water and Europa is icy.
The different of Earth and Europa are :
*Earth is a planet and Europa is a moon
*Europa is made up from ice and Earth of water
The similar things are:
*Both have water
*Both have ice
The differ rotation from Earth is 3.5 Earth days.
The atmosphere of Earth is called
oxidizing and Europa's is called tenuous oxygen.
If you weght 70 pounds in Earth then you would weght 185 in Europa.
Europa
Gravity is 1.315m/s
Water is present on Europa
The interior is icy because the moon is far from the sun so it get's cold.
The ice comes from the water from under neath.
It has a icy crust and subsurface has a ocean we don't really know what the core is made up.
Life is not present on Europa that we know of, but it could host life because of its supply of oxygen and water.
Europa’s atmosphere is composed solely of oxygen. Unlike our atmosphere, the oxygen in Europa's atmosphere is likely not produced biologically.
no missions yet to Europa however NASA recently stated that they hope to launch a mission in 10 years to Europa.
life is not present on Europa that we know of, but it could host life because of its supply of oxygen and water.