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Ganymede May Harbor ‘Club Sandwich’ of Oceans and Ice

The largest moon in our solar system, a companion to Jupiter named Ganymede, might have ice and oceans stacked up in several layers like a club sandwich, according to new NASA-funded research that models the moon’s makeup.

Previously, the moon was thought to harbor a thick ocean sandwiched between just two layers of ice, one on top and one on bottom. (more…)

A global map of Jupiter’s biggest moon

By Guest PostFebruary 21, 2014Sciencebiggest moon, galilean satellites, galileo spacecraft, ganymede, geoffrey collins, global geological map, global map, jim head, jupiter, lincoln field building, louise prockter, NASA, orbital galileo mission, robert pappalardo, solid state imaging, ssi, underground ocean, voyager mission, wes patterson

Using images from NASA’s Voyager Mission (1979) and the orbital Galileo Mission (1995), researchers have created the first global geological map of Jupiter’s largest moon, Ganymede.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Scientists, including Brown University geologists and students, have completed the first global geological map of Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon and the largest in the solar system. (more…)

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Ganymede May Harbor ‘Club Sandwich’ of Oceans and Ice

A global map of Jupiter’s biggest moon