... Crater On Ice . ... Credit Copyright: Galileo Team , JPL , NASA Explanation: Impact craters are common on Earth's moon but on Jupiter's large ice moon Europa , they are very rare. ... The icy crust of Europa is of great interest, as evidence mounts that it covers an ocean of liquid water, possibly providing suitable conditions for life. ... Publications with keywords: Jupiter - Europa - ice - ocean - crater . Publications with words: Jupiter - Europa - ice - ocean - crater . ... A Colorful Moon . ...

... 2000 July 14 . Crater On Ice . ... Explanation: Impact craters are common on Earth's moon but on Jupiter's large ice moon Europa , they are very rare. ... This false-color infrared image from the Galileo spacecraft's NIMS instrument shows a newly discovered crater on Europa as a light red ring feature near center surrounding a dark core. ... Red colors in the image represent a relatively pure water ice composition while blue colors indicate that other minerals are present. ... About APOD | ...

. Latest HI Rez Visible Satellite Image . IR Enhanced Image of the PNW . (not always available - sorry) . 500 MB surface and the water vapor distribution: . Surface Pressures: . Extreme precipitation in 1995 and 1996 . Temperatures: Jan-Feb , Mar-Apr , May-Jun , July-August , Sept-Oct, Nov-Dec . Precipitation: Jan-Feb , Mar-Apr , May-Jun, July-Aug , Sept-Oct, Nov-Dec . Annual Precipitation Trends . The Electronic Universe Project e-mail: nuts@moo.uoregon.edu

Next: A Universal Diagram for Up: ``Ecology'' of Magnetic Rotators Previous: The Corotation Radius . The interaction of a magnetic rotator with the surrounding plasma to a large extent depends on the relation between the four characteristic radii: the stopping radius, , the gravitational capture radius,   , the light cylinder radius,   , and the corotation radius,   . ... Hence, the classification of the interaction regimes may well mean the classification of magnetic rotators. ...

Microsymposium 34, MS058, 2001 ANOMALIES OF THE MOON'S THERMAL EMISSION IN THE IR SPECTRAL RANGE (10.5 - 12.5 micron). ... Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow, 119899, Russia, pugach@sai.msu.ru Summary: New satellite measurements of the lunar-surface radiation temperature were used to construct the spatial angular function of thermal radiation of the Moon in the infrared (10.5-12.5 micron) spectral range. ... These thermal anomalies are observed only in the limited range of phase angles. ...

The Earth's magnetosphere global structure is conditioned by the interaction of the Solar wind and Earth's magnetic field. ... Solar wind (SW) - the region outside BS; . ... Auroral field lines (AUR) region - the funnel-shape cavity restricted by the geocentric distance of the order of 6 RE, between surfaces formed by magnetic field lines emerged from the polar and equatorial OVAL borders; . ... Fairfield D.H., Average and unusual location of the Earth's magnetopause and bow shock, J. Geophys. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... This image combines orbital imagery with 3-D modelling to show flows that appear in spring and summer on a slope inside Mars' Newton crater. ... Warm season flows on a slope in Newton Crater, possible evidence of salty liquid water active on Mars today. Image credit: NASA) . ... Frozen water is common on and under the surface of Mars but these images are the best evidence to date for the presence of liquid water on the Martian surface today. ...

This page provides explanatory text for the dials shown on the Rice Current Solar Wind Conditions and Current Solar Wind Conditions (Dials Only) webpage. These dials use the last good received set of measurements from the Real Time Solar Wind package on the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) spacecraft. ... Measured) This quantity is the number of solar wind protons per unit volume as measured by the ACE Solar Wind Electron Proton Alpha Monitor (SWEPAM) . ... It is measured by ACE/SWEPAM. ...

New Images Hint at Wet and Wild History For Europa . Chunky ice rafts and relatively smooth, crater-free patches on the surface of Jupiter's frozen moon Europa suggest a younger, thinner icy surface than previously believed, according to new images from Galileo's spacecraft released today. ... These features, which lend credence to the idea of hidden, subsurface oceans, also are stirring up controversy among scientists who disagree about the age of Europa's surface. ... Europa . ...

Comets as the Object of Investigation. ... Stratification of Comets Atmospheres and Their Chemical Structure. ... Formation and Change of Surface Dust Layer of Periodical Comets' Nucleas and Their Evolution in Solar Radiation Field. ... Dynamics of Matter in Near-Nuclear Region of Comet Atmosphere in Adiabatic Approximation. ... Kinetic Theory of Gas Stream in Region of Transition between Condition of Continuum to Free-Moleculte Stream. ... Free-Moleculte Stream of Neutral Gas in Comet Atmosphere. ...

... For SIMS (Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry) analysis, a solid surface is bombarded by primary ions of some keV energy. ... The subsequent mass analysis of the emitted ions provides detailed information on the elemental and molecular composition of the surface. ... Extremely short ion pulses with a duration below . ... By rastering a fine-focussed ion beam over the surface, like an electron beam in an electron microprobe, mass resolved secondary ion images (chemical maps) can be obtained...