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A Science Strategy for the Exploration of Europa (1999)
Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications (CPSMA)
Space Studies Board (SSB)

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A Science Strategy for the Exploration of Europa

FIGURE 1.1 The heliocentric system of Copernicus, depicted in this mid-17th-century copper-plate engraving, included the recently discovered moons of Jupiter. Galileo's "Medicean stars" encircling Jupiter are today called the Galilean satellites, Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. (From  Atlas Coelestis seu Harmonia Macrocosmica of Andreas Cellarius, 1660-1661 edition, Amsterdam; 25" × 28 5/8". Courtesy of the Mendillo Collection.)

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