Europa Geology & What it Means for Life on Europa w/Dr. Erin Leonard | GEO GIRL

Check out part 2 all about the Clipper Mission on GSA's ‪@geosociety‬ channel:    • What the Europa Clipper Mission Might...  

Watch Europa Clipper launch live on NASA's channel! - https://www.youtube.com/live/lQToTWKw...

References & Resources:
NASA Europa facts page: https://science.nasa.gov/jupiter/moon...
NASA Europa Clipper Science page: https://europa.nasa.gov/mission/science/
NASA Europa Clipper main mission page: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/euro...
NASA Europa Team page: https://europa.nasa.gov/mission/the-t...
NASA Mission Info page (Discovery vs New Frontiers vs Flagship): https://www.nasa.gov/planetarymission...
Leonard et al., 2024 (First USGS Global Geologic Map of Europa!): https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/sim...
Images of Clipper at KSC: https://images.nasa.gov/album/SpaceX_...
Great images of Europa’s chaos terrain and bands: https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/new...
Carr et al., 1998: Evidence for a subsurface ocean on Europa- https://doi.org/10.1038/34857
An amazing paper that Dr. Leonard is a co-author on all about the Geology Europa Clipper will do (w/amazing figures too)! Daubar et al., 2024 - https://link.springer.com/article/10....

Video Chapters:
0:00 Intro to Topic & Interviewee
2:06 What is Europa & Why Do We Care?
2:50 Why do we care about Geology on Europa?
3:53 How is Europa Heated?
5:35 First Global Geologic Map!
6:18 Diversity of Materials on Europa
7:48 Are there mid ocean ridges on Europa?
8:22 Ice Plate Tectonics on Europa?
9:29 Common Geologic Structures on Europa
10:40 How These Structures Form
11:35 'Chaos' on Europa?
13:48 Is Europa's Ice Shell Rotating Independently of its Core?
17:33 Age of Europa's Surface
18:38 Does Europa have Plumes?
20:26 What Europa Clipper Might Discover!

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