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> Estimated to be 10 to 30 kilometers (6.2 to 18.6 miles) thick
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 * Such lakes could provide a habitat for life or act as channels for organic compounds on Europa’s surface to be drawn into the moon’s far deeper ocean
 * ICE CRUST:
 * OCEAN: Up to 160 km (100 mi) deep; rich in chemicals and salts
 * Large lakes may lie within Europa's icy covering. The clue to their existence is the fractured crust created by plumes of rising warm water.
 * About 670,900 I kilometers (416,900 miles) separate Jupiter and Europa
 * Europa, is covered by an icy layer. Scientists think there is a vast ocean beneath the ice. Now a new study suggests there might be even more water on the moon. There may be shallow lakes within Europa's frozen surface--which might be able to support life. Europa has areas called chaos terrains that contain jumbled blocks of ice.

Visuals This is half of Europa. It's one of Jupiter's 4 biggest moons. The cool thing about Europa is, it's a moon, with water. Possible life!!! And, all hidden under ice? Maybe || This is Europa when it's a Waning Gibbus ||  || from the inside out. From the melted iron core to the thin layer of ice. || All 4 layers. (Inside-to-Out)The melted iron/sulphur core, The mantle of rocks made of silicates, The ocean up to 100 miles deep full of chemicals and salts, And the ice crust. About 10-20 kilometers (6.2-18.6 miles) thick. ||  || broken ice. //(Courtesy NASA/JPL)// || Europa in 1979 Taken by Voyager 1 ||  ||
 * [[image:http://nineplanets.org/moons/europa500.jpg width="341" height="141" caption="europa"]]
 * Europa's makeup
 * [[image:http://www.solarviews.com/thumb/jup/eurgal1.gif width="197" height="144" align="left" caption="Europa's Broken Ice" link="http://www.solarviews.com/cap/jup/eurgal1.htm"]]Europa's
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Galilean_moon_Laplace_resonance_animation.gif width="365" height="245" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Galilean_moon_Laplace_resonance_animation.gif"]]Europa's Rotation || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/EuropaInterior1.jpg/260px-EuropaInterior1.jpg width="253" height="322" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EuropaInterior1.jpg"]]2 possible models of Europa ||  ||

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