Makes the most of the gravitational tugs it experiences
A mystery awaits
Who knows what is lurking under its icy layers?
Europa is the place to be, no matter if you like an icy world or not. With a saltwater ocean as deep as 60 to 150 kilometers (40 to 100 miles) beneath its shell, which is 15 to 25 kilometers (10 to 15 miles) thick, Europa also has some of the building blocks of life like carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur.
It is 671,000 kilometers (417,000 miles) away from Jupiter and almost the size of our Moon. But compared to other moons, Europa has only a small number of large impact craters, and it might indicate that its surface is indeed young.
Better start practicing your figure skating skills before your visit, Europa's surface is a perfect place to skate. Take a look at some of the attractions that it has to offer.
Europa's surface is full of red-brown cracks, so wherever you go, you'll be sure to see a beautiful sight.
See one of Europa's youngest geological features, an impact crater called Pwyll, about 26 kilometers (16 miles) in diameter.
Visit Europa's "freckles," each one approximately 10 kilometers (6 miles) across. They may be the result of the upward motion of warmer ice that comes from the bottom of the shell.
Don't forget to visit this impact basin that is almost the size of the island of Hawaii, it stretches 140 kilometers (86 miles) wide, a perfect spot to have some spend some time before the journey back home.
