The images also showed a newly discovered feature that was nicknamed Platypus for its odd shape.
Around the edges of Platypus, ridge formations collapse into the pronounced feature.
These features on the surface of Europa have erased terrain older than about 90 million years, according toNASA.
NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this image of Europa during the mission’s close flyby on September 29, 2022.Image: Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS. Image processing: Björn Jónsson (CC BY 3.0)
These surface features support a theory that Europas outer ice shell moves around and is essentially free-floating.
The JunoCam images prompted a reassessment of a notable feature on Europas surface.
NASAs Juno mission launched in 2011 to explore Jupiter and its various moons.
Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI
Thats why the moon is getting more spacecraft to probe its odd features.
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Image: Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS. Image processing: Björn Jónsson (CC BY 3.0)
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