Life and Giant Planets Briefing
The surface composition of Europa, one of Jupiter's moons, is water iceSurface temperature is -260 F (-162 C)This ice layer may be 4 miles (7 km) thickMagnetic fluctuations suggest conducting liquid flowsHigh tide is 30 meters (or 100 feet)On Ganymede, another of Jupiter's moons, the salty ocean may lie beneath an ice layer that is 150 kilometers (90 miles) thick Credit: NASA
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