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EUROPA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The 4th largest of Jupiter's satellites; covered with a smooth shell of frozen water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
Galilean; Galilean satellite (one of the four satellites of Jupiter that were discovered by Galileo)
Context examples:
No one has taken visible-wavelength spectra of Europa before that had this sort of spatial and spectral resolution.
(Table Salt Compound Spotted on Europa, NASA)
The findings are good news for the Europa Clipper mission, which may launch as early as June 2022.
(Old Data Reveal New Evidence of Europa Plumes, NASA)
This data was sliced into one-eighth-second intervals as the limb, or edge, of Europa slowly advanced across Io.
(Massive Lava Waves Detected on Solar System’s Most Volcanically Active Object, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The presence of sea salt on Europa's surface suggests the ocean is interacting with its rocky seafloor — an important consideration in determining whether the icy moon could support life.
(NASA Research Reveals Europa's Mystery Dark Material Could Be Sea Salt, NASA)
Sodium chloride, for example, turned a shade of yellow similar to that visible in a geologically young area of Europa known as "Tara Regio."
(Table Salt Compound Spotted on Europa, NASA)
If plumes are indeed spewing vapor from Europa's ocean or subsurface lakes, Europa Clipper could sample the frozen liquid and dust particles.
(Old Data Reveal New Evidence of Europa Plumes, NASA)
As Europa eclipsed Io, LBTO captured the incoming infrared light.
(Massive Lava Waves Detected on Solar System’s Most Volcanically Active Object, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
NASA laboratory experiments suggest the dark material coating some geological features of Jupiter's moon Europa is likely sea salt from a subsurface ocean, discolored by exposure to radiation.
(NASA Research Reveals Europa's Mystery Dark Material Could Be Sea Salt, NASA)
That would mean Europa is a more geologically interesting planetary body than previously believed.
(Table Salt Compound Spotted on Europa, NASA)
And there it was on Europa — a brief, localized bend in the magnetic field that had never been explained.
(Old Data Reveal New Evidence of Europa Plumes, NASA)
