Europa (moon)
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Europa is a large moon of the planet Jupiter.
Europa's diameter is about 3000 kilometers and its surface is covered with ice. Scientists think, that under the icy surface the ice is molten and makes an ocean under the surface, a so called subsurface ocean. Deep unter the ice and the ocean Europa may have a core from rock.
The moon Europa was found by Simon Mauris in December 1609 and independend from him by Galileo Galilei in January 1610.
The moon Europa is named after a woman from the Greek mythology.
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