Unlocking the Secrets of Europa: Is Jupiter’s Water-Rich Moon the Key to Finding Habitable Worlds?

It is estimated that Europa has twice as much water as all the oceans on Earth. If the mission is successful and it shows that there is a habitable place in Europa, the results would be an indication that there are more places in the solar system that can support human life than expected so far.

Announced on the Space page on Wednesday (16/10/2024), Europa was discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610, but was later rejected by Simon Marius. He claims to have first discovered Europe in 1609.

Europa is the sixth largest moon in the solar system. Its diameter is about 3,130 kilometers, slightly smaller than the Earth’s moon.

Europa is the second closest satellite to Jupiter. This satellite is sometimes close to Jupiter, sometimes far away.

Europa is the smoothest solid object in the solar system. The highest peaks, of which there are few, reach only a few hundred meters, and large cracks are rare.

Before that, NASA’s Juno space probe showed that Jupiter’s satellite, Europa, produces a lot of oxygen every day. Researchers estimate Europa’s oxygen production based on the amount of hydrogen emitted from its surface.

In conclusion, Europe produces around 1000 tons of oxygen every 24 hours, enough for a million people. The discovery of oxygen content in the satellite’s atmosphere makes Europe a promising place for astrobiology.

Although 1,000 tons of oxygen per day is a lot, it is less than previously thought. Before that, scientists believed that Europe could produce more than 1 ton of oxygen per second.

Europa has very smooth layers despite the fact that the surface is made of solid layers of ice. Although scientists believe that there are cracks and scratches in its layers, cracks on the surface of Europa due to meteors are rare.

This is why Europa is said to have the smoothest surface in the solar system. Europa is made of silicate rock and is thought to have an iron core.

One day in Europa, one of Jupiter’s satellites, is equivalent to 3.5 days on Earth. Europa orbits Jupiter every 3.5 days and is gravitationally locked to Jupiter.

This means that the same hemisphere of the moon is always facing the planet. Europa is the sixth largest moon in the solar system and the fourth largest moon of Jupiter.

This natural satellite orbits Jupiter at speeds of up to 49,476 kilometers per hour.

(Tiffany)