Directory of Europa Resources

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Europa is the 6th moon out from Jupiter and is the smallest Galilean satellite. Its is covered in a water ice shell, underneath which may be a liquid water ocean. In that ocean may exist life.

Resources in This Category

• A Science Strategy for the Exploration of Europa

  http://www.nationalacademies.org/ssb/comp-europamenu.htm
  A report by the Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration Space Studies Board Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications on the future of Europa exploration.

• Astypalaea Linea

  http://pirlwww.lpl.arizona.edu/HIIPS/Publications/tufts_AL/
  An article about a San Andreas-sized strike-slip fault, written for submission to Icarus.

• Chaos on Europa

  http://pirlwww.lpl.arizona.edu/HIIPS/Publications/greenberg_chaos/
  A long article about Chaos region, written for submission to Icarus.

• Galileo Project: Europa

  http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/europa/
  A list of data, information and resources.

• Lithospheric Dilation on Europa

  http://pirlwww.lpl.arizona.edu/HIIPS/Publications/tufts_dilation/
  Article written for submission to Icarus.

• Rotation of Europa

  http://pirlwww.lpl.arizona.edu/HIIPS/Publications/hoppa_rotation/
  Article about constraints from terminator and limb positions. Written for submission to Icarus.

• Solarviews.com: Europa

  http://www.solarviews.com/eng/europa.htm
  Statistics, animations and annotated pictures.

• Strike-slip Faults on Europa

  http://pirlwww.lpl.arizona.edu/HIIPS/Publications/hoppa_shear/
  Article about global shear patterns driven by tidal stress, written for submission to Icarus.

• Tectonic Processes on Europa

  http://pirlwww.lpl.arizona.edu/HIIPS/Publications/greenberg_tectonics/
  Article about tidal stresses, mechanical response, and Visible Features, published by Icarus.

• The Nine Planets: Europa

  http://www.nineplanets.org/europa.html
  Overview with data, text, images, links.

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