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There's no radiation in the subterranean oceans, which is what they are investigating. (Radiation shielding is an exponential function; a few meters of water i
by perihelions 2y ago
There's no radiation in the subterranean oceans, which is what they are investigating.
(Radiation shielding is an exponential function; a few meters of water is, for most purposes, total shielding [0]. The major radiation source on Europa is solar particles trapped in Jupiter's magnet belts, which bombard Europa's airless surface. The ocean begins multiple tens of kilometers below that surface).
[0] https://what-if.xkcd.com/29/ https://what-if.xkcd.com/29/
- EugeneOZ 2y agoThanks a lot!