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A Journey to the End of Time

The Solar System in 3D, in real time

A simulation of the Solar System driven by real ephemerides. The Sun, the planets, Pluto and the major moons, space probes, the International Space Station, nearby stars and the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way are where they really are at the chosen moment. You can run time from 1700 to 2100, fly from one object to another and look at the sky from anywhere on Earth.

Europa

Moon of Jupiter

Facts

Mean diameter
3122 km
Mean distance from the planet
671,100 km
Orbital period
3.53 days
Discovery
Galileo Galilei, 1610

Europa is the fourth largest of Jupiter's moons. Beneath its shell of ice there is thought to be an ocean of salty water holding twice as much water as Earth's ocean. It is considered one of the most promising places in the Solar System to look for environments suitable for life today.

Much of what we know comes from the observations of the Galileo mission. NASA's Europa Clipper probe set off on 14 October 2024 to study it.

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