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A new analysis of archive images and current spectra of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has revealed that water vapor is also present in the atmosphere of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa.
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Nationalgeographic.co.id—Ice moons belong Jupiter now has attracted the attention of astronomers, because the Hubble telescope has found evidence of water vapor, not only on one moon, but on other moons as well.
In previous research, astronomers have obtained evidence of water vapor in the moon’s atmosphere Jupiter, Ganymede. This water vapor is formed when ice from the lunar surface sublimates, that is, changes from a solid to a gas.
A new analysis of Hubble’s archive images and current spectra has revealed that water vapor is also present in the icy moon’s atmosphere Jupiter other, Europe. The analysis found that the atmosphere of water vapor exists in only one hemisphere of the moon. These results advance our understanding of the atmospheric structure of ice moons, and help lay the groundwork for future science missions that will explore ice moons. Jupiter.
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