Questions about Europa, a moon of Jupiter with a planet-wide ocean under a thick ice crust.
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What evidence is there of Earth-Like internal features of Europa?
This question is inspired by "What are the Earth-like features of Titan?". According to NASA's Europa overview, Europa is believed to have an iron core, rocky mantle and an ocean under the frozen surface.
Does the tidal heating of Europa's interior…
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Icy moons: why hasn't the ice sublimated away?
Let's take Europa for example:
The predominant model suggests that heat from tidal flexing causes the ocean to remain liquid and drives ice movement similar to plate tectonics.
The heat generated from the tidal flexing has to go somewhere. Is it all…
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How thick is the ice on Europa?
The Wikipedia article about Europa states
It is estimated that Europa has an outer layer of water around 100 km (62 mi) thick; a part frozen as its crust, and a part as a liquid ocean underneath the ice.
But it doesn't say how thick the icy crust…
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What is needed to break through the surface of Europa?
How big does a satelite we send have to be to be able to chrush through the ice layer and dive into the ocean on Europa? If a mission should head there, is this a better way of examining the ocean than landing on the surface and drilling through?
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