Europa

Europa

Europa in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9
Designation
Name	Europa
Reference body	Jupiter
Physical parameters*
Mass	4.8×10²² kg
Mean Radius	1.565×10⁶ m
Siderial day	3.068064×10⁵ s
Orbital period	3.07×10⁵ s (669.7 Mars sols)
Obliquity of ecliptic	1.74°
Atmosphere	No
Osculating elements (ecliptic frame)*
Semi-major axis	6.7125×10⁸ m
Eccentricity	0.010057
Inclination	1.75°
Note	*Elements given are from Orbiter 2016

Europa is one of Jupiter's four Galilean Moons. It is thought that there may be simple life, such as bacteria, on or under it's icy surface, and this was one of the contributing factors in NASA's decision to crash the Galileo Probe into Jupiter, out of fear that bacteria could contaminate the potential oceans of Europa. Europa's orbit is in a 1:2:4 resonance with Io and Ganymede.

Europa in Orbiter

Europa was introduced in Orbiter 2002 modeled as a sphere with a mass of 4.8×10²² kg and a radius of 1.565×10⁶.

Numbered Satellites:

S/2003 J 2 | S/2003 J 4 | S/2003 J 9 | S/2003 J 10 | S/2003 J 12 | S/2003 J 16 | S/2003 J 18 | S/2003 J 19 | S/2003 J 23 | S/2003 J 24 |S/2010 J 1 | S/2010 J 2 | S/2011 J 1 | S/2011 J 2 S/2011 J 3 | S/2016 J 1 | S/2016 J 3 | S/2016 J 4 | S/2017 J 1 | S/2017 J 2 | S/2017 J 3 | S/2017 J 5 | S/2017 J 6 | S/2017 J 7 | S/2017 J 8 | S/2017 J 9 | S/2018 J 2 |S/2018 J 3 | S/2018 J 4 | S/2021 J 1 S/2021 J 2 | S/2021 J 3 | S/2021 J 4 | S/2021 J 5 | S/2021 J 6 | S/2022 J 1 | S/2022 J 2 | S/2022 J 3

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Central star	Sun (Sol)
Planets	Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars - Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune
Natural satellites	Moon - Phobos - Deimos - Io - Europa - Ganymede - Titan - more...
Add-ons	Planets - Dwarf Planets - Small objects - Natural satellites - Alternative star systems

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