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It is the smoothest known object in the Solar System, lacking large-scale features such as mountains and craters
Europa (moon)
Europa is the smoothest known object in the Solar System, lacking large-scale features such as mountains and craters
where is europa located in the solar system It is orbiting Jupiter, and the sixth-closest to the planet of all the 79 known moons of Jupiter when was it discovered? 1610 by whom? Galileo Galilei
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Europa (moon) [SEP] Surface features
Europa is the smoothest known object in the Solar System, lacking large-scale features such as mountains and craters. However, according to one study, Europa's equator may be covered in icy spikes called penitentes, which may be up to 15 meters high, due to direct overhead sunlight on the equator, causing the ice to sublime, forming vertical cracks. Although the imaging available from the "Galileo" orbiter does not have the resolution needed to confirm this, radar and thermal data are consistent with this interpretation. The prominent markings crisscrossing Europa appear to be mainly albedo features that emphasize low topography. There are few craters on Europa, because its surface is tectonically too active and therefore young.