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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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1 posted on 10/03/2022 2:21:47 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 10/03/2022 2:22:04 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: 21stCenturion; 21twelve; 4everontheRight; abb; AFB-XYZ; AFPhys; America_Right; AZ .44 MAG; ...
Pinging the APOD list.

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3 posted on 10/03/2022 2:23:04 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Looks awfully cold.


4 posted on 10/03/2022 2:23:16 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: MtnClimber
If you look very carefully, can you see the obelisk?

"It's full of stars!"

5 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)
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To: MtnClimber
Santana & Gato Barbieri live:

"Europa"

6 posted on 10/03/2022 2:27:12 PM PDT by P.O.E.
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To: MtnClimber
If you zoom out a bit...


7 posted on 10/03/2022 2:28:11 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: MtnClimber

Spectacular.


8 posted on 10/03/2022 2:38:09 PM PDT by silent majority rising
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To: Campion

Dave has a house there.


9 posted on 10/03/2022 2:39:06 PM PDT by silent majority rising
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To: P.O.E.

I saw Santana at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado!


10 posted on 10/03/2022 2:44:29 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber
Of Jupiter's large moons, the one that is most interesting is Ganymede.
11 posted on 10/03/2022 2:47:53 PM PDT by ganeemead
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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.


12 posted on 10/03/2022 2:50:00 PM PDT by Rennes Templar (Come back, President Trump.)
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To: MtnClimber

ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS, EXCEPT EUROPA.
ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE.
USE THEM TOGETHER. USE THEM IN PEACE.


13 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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To: All

Here is a decent SciFi flick regarding Europa!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_Report


14 posted on 10/03/2022 3:05:24 PM PDT by Reily
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To: Seruzawa

I would avoid landing on Jupiter too.


15 posted on 10/03/2022 3:25:32 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Larry Lucido

Yeah but just imagine wind surfing there.


16 posted on 10/03/2022 3:38:12 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Seruzawa

Or hang gliding!


17 posted on 10/03/2022 4:00:12 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: MtnClimber

Only one impact crater?


18 posted on 10/03/2022 4:34:21 PM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, BY FAR, is that almost all of big media is agenda-driven, not-truth driven.)
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To: Seruzawa

https://youtu.be/ZwFXtJKaC3A


19 posted on 10/03/2022 5:10:49 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (Dementia Joe is Not My President)
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To: Reily

I saw that movie. It was a psychological thriller as well as a sci-if thriller.


20 posted on 10/03/2022 5:25:29 PM PDT by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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