Open AccessJupiter's Europa Helps Earthlings See Sister Moon's Volcano
Author(s) -
Ron Cowen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2015eo039871
Subject(s) - astrobiology , volcano , sister , jupiter (rocket family) , geology , astronomy , political science , seismology , physics , spacecraft , law
By briefly slipping between Earth and sister Jovian moon Io, Europa fortuitously enabled an Earth-based telescope to observe, with greater detail than ever before, a huge, puzzling volcano on Io.