Europa (moon)

Europa's trailing hemisphere in approximate natural color. The prominent crater in the lower right is Pwyll and the darker regions are areas where Europa's primarily water ice surface has a higher mineral content. Imaged on 7 September 1996 by Galileo spacecraft.

Europa is the smallest of the four Galilean moons orbiting Jupiter. Europa was discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei and named for the mother of King Minos of Crete. Europa is speculated to have a water ocean beneath its surface of solid ice and potentially ice.

Popular Culture

Appearances

Variants

The following list is of explicit appearances of Europa.

Year	Name	Appearance	Notes
2012	Europa	To Boldly Flee	The Nostalgia Critic (Doug Walker) and a landing party arrive on the moon and find it to be lush and green through the power of the Plot Hole. The crew of The USS Exit Strategy later engages in a space battle near the Death Bomb.
2015	Europa	Atop the Fourth Wall: The Movie	Linkara (Lewis Lovhaug) and his friends square off against Mechakara on the planet as its regenerative field begins to dwindle.

Links

• Europa on Wikipedia
• Europa on Encyclopædia Britannica