An ocean for Callisto?
Magnetic measurements suggest that Callisto, the outermost of Jupiter’s four large moons, may possess a salty ocean beneath its icy surface.
References:
Khurana, K.K., M.G. Kivelson, et al. 1998. Induced magnetic fields as evidence for subsurface oceans in Europa and Callisto. Nature 395(Oct. 22):777.
Further Readings:
Cowen, R. 1997. Galileo explores the Galilean moons. Science News 152(Aug. 9):90.
Sources:
Krishan K. Khurana
University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Earth and Space Sciences
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics
Los Angeles, CA 90095Margaret G. Kivelson
University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Earth and Space Sciences
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics
Los Angeles, CA 90095
From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 19, November 7, 1998, p.
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