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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Jupiter's Europa from Spacecraft Juno
APOD.NASA.gov ^
| 3 Oct, 2022
| Image Credit & License: NASA, JPL-Caltech, SwRI, MSSS; Processing: Andrea Luck
Posted on 10/03/2022 2:21:47 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: What mysteries might be solved by peering into this crystal ball? In this case, the ball is actually a moon of Jupiter, the crystals are ice, and the moon is not only dirty but cracked beyond repair. Nevertheless, speculation is rampant that oceans exist under Europa's fractured ice-plains that could support life. Europa, roughly the size of Earth's Moon, is pictured here in an image taken a few days ago when the Jupiter-orbiting robotic spacecraft Juno passed within 325 kilometers of its streaked and shifting surface. Underground oceans are thought likely because Europa undergoes global flexing due to its changing gravitational attraction with Jupiter during its slightly elliptical orbit, and this flexing heats the interior. Studying Juno's close-up images may further humanity's understanding not only of Europa and the early Solar System but also of the possibility that life exists elsewhere in the universe.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: nasa
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10/03/2022 2:22:04 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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10/03/2022 2:23:04 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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10/03/2022 2:23:16 PM PDT
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Signalman
To: MtnClimber
If you look very carefully, can you see the obelisk?
"It's full of stars!"
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posted on
10/03/2022 2:24:52 PM PDT
by
Campion
(Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
To: MtnClimber
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10/03/2022 2:27:12 PM PDT
by
P.O.E.
To: MtnClimber
If you zoom out a bit...
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posted on
10/03/2022 2:28:11 PM PDT
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: MtnClimber
To: Campion
To: P.O.E.
I saw Santana at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado!
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posted on
10/03/2022 2:44:29 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Signalman
-260. degrees.
Looks like it would be great for off-roading.
I wonder if an electric Hummer could operate there.
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10/03/2022 2:50:00 PM PDT
by
Rennes Templar
(Come back, President Trump.)
To: MtnClimber
ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS, EXCEPT EUROPA.
ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE.
USE THEM TOGETHER. USE THEM IN PEACE.
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posted on
10/03/2022 3:00:51 PM PDT
by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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posted on
10/03/2022 3:05:24 PM PDT
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Reily
To: Seruzawa
I would avoid landing on Jupiter too.
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10/03/2022 3:25:32 PM PDT
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Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido
Yeah but just imagine wind surfing there.
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10/03/2022 3:38:12 PM PDT
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Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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10/03/2022 4:00:12 PM PDT
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Larry Lucido
(Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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10/03/2022 4:34:21 PM PDT
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libertylover
(Our biggest problem, BY FAR, is that almost all of big media is agenda-driven, not-truth driven.)
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posted on
10/03/2022 5:10:49 PM PDT
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Bubba_Leroy
(Dementia Joe is Not My President)
To: Reily
I saw that movie. It was a psychological thriller as well as a sci-if thriller.
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10/03/2022 5:25:29 PM PDT
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telescope115
(Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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