2006-11-02 07:07:40 · 3 answers · asked by serenity113001 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It's shiny...
2006-11-02 07:14:31 · answer #1 · answered by shake_um 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's reflectivity is due to its apparent icy surface. Nasa's Galileo orbiter probe has returned great photographs of Jupiter, and its many cloud formations (one of which is so stunning, it is now my desktop wallpaper), and her many moons.
Europa displays tantalizing qualities of perhaps having an ocean covered surface, which is, of course, ice covered due to the temperatures of deep space. Along with this, scientists theorize that Jupiter's proximity to Europa causes the icy surface of the moon to crack and refreeze due to the gravitational pull of the giant planet, again causing those spectacular 'riverlike', or roadlike images on her surface.
Look at this site, its photos! http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02590
2006-11-02 15:20:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's surface is ice.
2006-11-02 16:49:25 · answer #3 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋