Europa

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Europa in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9 client
Designation
Name	Europa
Reference body	Jupiter
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch	1979.12391832712 (14 February 1979 061605 UTC)
Semimajor axis (a)	671193628.654398 m
Eccentricity (e)	0.00940288418380329
Inclination (i)	2.216347171° (0.038682555509682 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)	350.5260572° (6.11783381155745 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)	468.8993005° (8.18383665430122 radian)
Mean longitude (L)	511.5773819° (8.92870969265773 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius	1565000 m
Mass	4.8×10²² kg
Rotation elements
SidRotPeriod	306806.4 seconds (3.551 days)
SidRotOffset	0
Obliqutiy	0
LAN	0
Note	*Elements given are from Europa.cfg (Voyager1Jupiter.zip)

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.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Europa as a body.

Add-on	Source	Version	Author	Type	Release Date	Compatibility
Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Europa
Orbiter 2006-P1	O-F Resources	060929	martins	Orbiter Download	29 September 2006	Orbiter 2006-P1
Orbiter 2006	O-F Resources	060504	martins	Orbiter Download	4 May 2006	Orbiter 2006
The Outer Planets 050329 Update	AVSIM	050329	Rolf Keibel Tony Dunn Carl Romanik	Scenery	30 March 2005
The Outer Planets 050223 Update	O-F Resources	2005-02-23	VF2_Rolf	Scenery	23 February 2005
2005 (with P1 patch files)	O-F Resources	050216	martins	Orbiter Download	16 February 2005	Orbiter 2005
Voyager to Jupiter / Jupiter moons enhancement pac	O-F Resources	2004-08-29	BigJimW	Scenery	30 August 2004
Orbiter 2003-P2	O-F Resources	031217	martins	Orbiter Download	17 December 2003	Orbiter 2003-P2
Orbiter 2003-P1	O-F Resources	031105	martins	Orbiter Download	5 November 2003
Orbiter 2002	O-F Resources	020419	martins	Orbiter Download	19 April 2002	Orbiter 2002

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...
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