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The Galilean satellites formed in a nebula of dust and gas that surrounded Jupiter toward the end of the formation of the giant planet itself. Their diverse initial compositions were determined by conditions in the circum-jovian nebula, just as the planets’ initial properties were governed by their formation within the circum-solar nebula. The Galilean
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The Galilean satellites formed in a nebula of dust and gas that surrounded Jupiter toward the end of the formation of the giant planet itself. Their diverse initial compositions were determined by conditions in the circum-jovian nebula, just as the planets’ initial properties were governed by their formation within the circum-solar nebula. The Galilean
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Chemical & Engineering News Archive, 2010
FOR THE FIRST TIME, scientists have directly examined the contents of an icy lunar crater, showing that the surface contains a high percentage of water, much of which is in the form of pure ice crystals, possibly deposited by a comet. The debris kicked up from a lunar crater bombarded by the upper-stage rocket of NASA’s LCROSS spacecraft last year was ...
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FOR THE FIRST TIME, scientists have directly examined the contents of an icy lunar crater, showing that the surface contains a high percentage of water, much of which is in the form of pure ice crystals, possibly deposited by a comet. The debris kicked up from a lunar crater bombarded by the upper-stage rocket of NASA’s LCROSS spacecraft last year was ...
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Exobiology and Planetary Protection of icy moons
Space Science Reviews, 2010The outer solar system is an important area of investigation for exobiology, the study of life in the universe. Several moons of the outer planets involve processes and structures comparable to those thought to have played an important role in the emergence of life on Earth, such as the formation and exchange of organic materials between different ...
François Raulin +3 more
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Habitability potential of icy moons: a comparative study
2014Looking for habitable conditions in the outer solar system our research focuses on the natural satellites rather than the planets themselves. Indeed, the habitable zone as traditionally defined may be larger than originally con-ceived. The strong gravitational pull caused by the giant planets may produce enough energy to sufficiently heat the interiors
Solomonidou, Anezina +9 more
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On the Identification of Hyperhydrated Sodium Chloride Hydrates, Stable at Icy Moon Conditions
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2023Vitali Prakapenka +2 more
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Ocean Circulation on Icy Moons
Icy moons are satellites orbiting the giant planets in the outer solar system. Some of them are believed to harbor global liquid oceans beneath ice shells, and are therefore prime targets in the search for life beyond Earth. Direct observations of these oceans are nearly impossible because the oceans are hidden beneath ice shells tens of kilometers ...openaire +1 more source
Our Moon: Inhabited, Small and Icy
2018Our Moon is unique in that no other planet has a moon as large as ours, relatively speaking. The mass of the Moon is 1.23% of the mass of Earth. The next relatively largest moons are Titan, only 0.024% of Saturn’s mass, and Triton, at 0.022% of the mass of Neptune. Among these contestants, our Moon stands out as relatively enormous compared with Earth,
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Carbon-Rich Icy Moons and Dwarf Planets
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2023Bruno Reynard, Christophe Sotin
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