APOD251012 欧罗巴上的所有水
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Illustration Credit & 版权[1]: Kevin Hand (JPL/Caltech[2]),
Jack Cook (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution[3]), & Howard Perlman (USGS[4])
英文原文:Explanation: How much of Jupiter's moon Europa is made of water? No one is sure, but probably a lot. Based on the Galileo probe data acquired during its exploration of the Jovian system from 1995 to 2003, Europa possesses a deep, global ocean of liquid water beneath a layer of surface ice. The subsurface ocean plus ice layer could descend over 100 kilometers in average depth. Adopting a high-end estimate of 100 kilometers depth, if all the water on Europa were gathered into a ball , it would have a radius of over 800 kilometers. To scale, this intriguing illustration compares that hypothetical ball of all the water on Europa to the size of Europa itself (left) - and similarly to all the water on planet Earth . With a volume possibly greater than Earth's oceans, the global subsurface ocean on Europa is a tantalizing destination to search for extraterrestrial life in our Solar System. NASA 's robotic Europa Clipper launched last year to investigate. 说明: 木星的卫星欧罗巴[5]有多少是由水组成的? 虽然没有人能确定,但可能相当多。根据伽利略探测器在1995年至2003年期间探索木星系统[6]时获得的数据,欧罗巴在其表面冰层之下拥有一个深邃的全球性液态水海洋。 这个地下海洋[7]加上冰层的平均深度可能超过100公里。 采用100公里深度的高端估计值,如果欧罗巴上的所有水都被集中成一个球体[8],它的半径将超过800公里。 这个引人注目的插图将欧罗巴上所有水的假想球体与欧罗巴本身[9]的大小(左)进行了比较-同样地也与地球上的所有水[10]进行了比较。 欧罗巴的全球地下海洋的体积可能大于地球的海洋,这使其成为在我们太阳系中寻找外星生命的诱人目的地[11]。 NASA[12]的机器人欧罗巴快艇[13]于去年发射[14]以进行调查。
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