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Europa, a moon of Jupiter

Io
Europa
Ganymede

Europa from Galileo orbiter, taken on 7th September 1996 NASA/JPL/DLR
Classification
Natural satellite of Jupiter
Average distance from Jupiter
670,900 km
416,877 miles
Diameter across equator
3,122 km
1,940 miles
Time to orbit Jupiter
85 hours
Year of Discovery
1610
Origin of Name
A noblewoman of Phoenicia, courted by Zeus. She became Queen of Crete. Europa was initially named by Simon Marius who made his own observations of Jupiter's four largest moons, but the name wasn't commonly used until the mid-19th Century. Instead, it was
Io
Europa
Ganymede
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