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Mean Radius: 1,562.09 km
Mass: 4.8x1022 kg
Orbital Period: 3.551 Earth days
Rotation Period: 3.551 Earth days
Orbit: 670,900 km from Jupiter

Europa one of the four Galilean moons of Jupiter. The other Galilean moons are Io, Callisto, and Ganymede.

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Europa, a moon of Jupiter, appears as a thick crescent in this enhanced-color image from NASA's Galileo spacecraft, which has been orbiting Jupiter since 1995.

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 Europa: Frozen Surface
 Europa: Ruddy "Freckles" On Europa
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