Ep. 675: Exotic Forms of Ice
Astronomy Cast
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The Spectacle of Europa
Europa is far away from the sun, so it's not going to sublimate. You're far enough away from Jupiter that the tidal interactions are happening down inside the world. The stuff that's reaching the surface is hard as rock, literally. And now it's being exposed to space, micrometeorites, other debris and stuff that could be raining down on it. But it's not like it's going to be sublimating in the same way if you moved Europa close to the sun.
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