EUROPA

EUROPA

• Is the sixth largest moon in the universe.
• Earth is bigger than the Europa .
• It's mass is about 1% of earths size.
• It's volume is about 0.015 of earths.
• It's size is relatively smaller than our moon.

ATMOSPHERE

• Has a very small, thin atmosphere
• Happens when fast moving molecules from Jupiter hit Europa
• Molecules stay on Europa for awhile
• Atmosphere tends to drifts away after a period of time

THE SEASONS/TEMPERATURE

• No seasons are produced by its axis tilt
• Europa has an axis tilt of 0.1 which is not enough to have seasons
• The surface of the moon Europa is frozen, covered in a layer of ice.
• Which lead the scientist to believe that there is an active ocean under it.

YEAR AND ORBIT

• 1 year on Europa = 11.859 earth years
• 1 day on Europa = 3.55 earth days
• Travels in a elliptical orbit around Jupiter like Earth's moon

EUROPA'S COMPOSITION

• Europa is a terrestrial planet which means it's rocky
• It also has an icy crust
• Large pieces of crust appear to have rotated
• It resembles icebergs.

ORIGIN

• The origin of the name Europa is
• from the mythical queen of Crete. But
• the etymology of Europa is uncertain.

REFERENCES

• all were form
• www.nasa.gov