In 1610, Simon Marius and Galileo Galilei were both responsible for the discovery of Jupiter's moons, Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Calisto. Ever since their discovery, the satellites of Jupiter have raised questions for astronomers. Many of ... 1979, Voyager flew by Jupiter and it's moons and gave us the first close-up view of Europa. However, much of the data on Europa was gathered from the recent Galileo mission. Europa is the sixth largest moon in the solar system and orbits around Jupiter every 3 ½ days in a synchronous rotation. Europa's average mean density is 2970kg/m. Although interest...

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