Posted on 05/23/2012 9:15:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: How much of Jupiter's moon Europa is made of water? A lot, actually. Based on the Galileo probe data acquired during its exploration of the Jovian system from 1995 to 2003, Europa posses a deep, global ocean of liquid water beneath a layer of surface ice. The subsurface ocean plus ice layer could range from 80 to 170 kilometers in average depth. Adopting an estimate of 100 kilometers depth, if all the water on Europa were gathered into a ball it would have a radius of 877 kilometers. To scale, this intriguing illustration compares that hypothetical ball of all the water on Europa to the size of Europa itself (left) - and similarly to all the water on planet Earth. With a volume 2-3 times the volume of water in Earth's oceans, the global ocean on Europa holds out a tantalizing destination in the search for extraterrestrial life in our solar system.
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Thanks!
Well, it’s just so comforting to know that when global warming makes all the water evaporate off the earth, we will be able to travel to the outer reaches of the Solar System and NASA can replenish our supply here on earth.
Uh... hmmm... Oh.
INTREDASTING!
Europa? It’s probably all in green Perrier bottles.
;’)
Careful what you sink a gaff into!
Careful what you sink a gaffe into!
Sorry. I don’t know what could have possessed me.
Perhaps the fumes from the bait?
‘Rocket Man’ Bernie Taupin is most grateful for your comment.
Why, they have bad crime?
No, it’s just cold as hell, and there’s no one there to raise them if you did.
;’)
[’Civ takes a bow]
I’m so glad you got it.
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