Re: Europa, Jovian Moon

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SM — 5/28/2002 11:19:36 AM (archived)

Europa supposedly has a huge amount of water on its surface, frozen of course. Why hasn't the water on Europa sublimated into space? Like mars it should be a dust covered, boot-dry wasteland.

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Frequency of water planets - E.P. Grondine - 5/27/2002 8:47:13 AM
- Re: Frequency of water planets - Scott - 5/30/2002 9:14:14 AM
- Re: Europa, Jovian Moon - SM - 5/28/2002 11:19:36 AM
  - Re: Europa, Jovian Moon - John O'Halloran - 5/30/2002 5:30:47 PM
  - Low sublimation because... - Nick Hoffman - 5/28/2002 3:33:47 PM
    - Re: Low sublimation because... - Bowser - 5/28/2002 6:37:00 PM
      - Volume of ice - Nick Hoffman - 5/29/2002 10:04:45 AM
        
        Will the RADAR on Express shed any light on this? - alcaray - 5/29/2002 4:57:38 PM
        
        Subsurface radar sounding of Mars - Alex R. Blackwell - 5/29/2002 6:08:46 PM
        
        Re: Will the RADAR on Express shed any light on this? - Nick Hoffman - 5/29/2002 10:28:09 AM
        
        Re: Volume of ice - Bowser - 5/29/2002 3:12:09 PM
        
        Re: Volume of ice - Nick Hoffman - 5/29/2002 10:34:54 AM
        
        Re: Volume of ice - John O'Halloran - 5/30/2002 5:57:22 PM
        
        Thanks. - Bowser - 5/29/2002 11:10:00 AM
        
        Ice, not water n/t (n/t) - Nick Hoffman - 5/30/2002 11:15:22 AM
  - Re: Europa, Jovian Moon - E.P. Grondine - 5/28/2002 2:09:43 PM
    - my guess is tidal factors - Scott - 5/28/2002 5:12:03 PM
    - Re: Europa, Jovian Moon - Bowser - 5/28/2002 2:22:10 PM
      - Re: Europa, Jovian Moon - John O'Halloran - 5/30/2002 6:02:15 PM
  - SM, it is only the surface of Mars that is bone dry - ebnelson - 5/28/2002 8:22:27 AM

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