Planetary Science Research Discoveries

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Planetary Science Research Discoveries (PSRD) is an educational site sharing the latest research on meteorites, planets, and other solar system bodies being made by NASA-sponsored scientists. The web site is supported by the Cosmochemistry Program of NASA's Science Mission Directorate and by Hawai`i Space Grant Consortium and is a vital link for planetary and space sciences, and for learning how science works.

 
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Archive of Jupiter System Articles


DATE POSTED ARTICLES
25 NOV 02 Bands on Europa
by Linda M. V. Martel
Rifting at Earth's mid-ocean ridges is a good analogy for Europan band formation.
pdf version PSRD-EuropanBands.pdf
26 FEB 01 The Europa Scene in the Voyager-Galileo Era
by Linda M. V. Martel
Voyager and Galileo images provide a 20-year perspective on the geology of Europa's water-ice surface.
pdf version PSRD-EuropaGeology.pdf
15 FEB 00 Jupiter's Hot, Mushy Moon
by G. Jeffrey Taylor
Very high lava flow temperatures on Io lead some scientists to propose that the satellite's interior is a swirling cauldron of partially molten rock.
pdf version PSRD-IoMagmaOcean.pdf
24 SEPT 98 Europa's Salty Surface
by G. Jeffrey Taylor
Jupiter's moon Europa has salt deposits on its surface that may be the products of evaporation of water erupted from an ocean beneath the satellite's icy crust.
pdf version PSRD-EuropaSalts.pdf
27 APR 98 Big Mountain, Big Landslide on Jupiter's Moon, Io
by Linda M. V. Martel
Thrust faulting and uplift of a large block of Io's crust may have created a mountain and the landslide on it.
pdf version PSRD-io.pdf

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