Beatty, J.K., and A. Chaikin, eds. (1990) The New Solar System, Third Edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Beebe, R. (1997) Jupiter: the Giant Planet, Smithsonian Institute Press, Washington, D.C.

Christiansen, E.H., and W.K. Hamblin (1995) Exploring the Planets, Second Edition, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Morrison, D., and M.S. Matthews, eds. (1981) Satellites of Jupiter, University of Arizona Press, Tucson.

Rogers, J.H. (1995) The Giant Planet Jupiter, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

(1968) 2001: A Space Odyssey, New American Library.

(1982) 2010: Odyssey Two, Del Rey Books, Ballantine.

(1987) 2061: Odyssey Three, Del Rey Books, Ballantine.

(1997) 3001: The Final Odyssey, Del Rey Books, Random House.

• The Odyssey series chronicles the relationship between humans and a mysterious alien object known as the Monolith. In 2010, the Monolith transforms Jupiter into a miniature sun, allowing life to evolve in a sub-surface ocean on the moon Europa.

(1931) Tanglewood Tales. Standard Book Company, New York.

• One of the short stories appearing in this book, called "The Dragon's Teeth," is a classic rendition of the myth of Jupiter's abduction of Europa, and her brother's search for her.
• Also available at http://eldred.ne.mediaone.net/nh/tt04.html

Metamorphoses (English version). Translated by D. R. Slavitt, Johns Hopkins University Press, c1994.

• Original myth of Europa's abduction by Jupiter.

Anderson, J.D., et. al., 1997. Europa's differentiated internal structure: inferences from two Galileo encounters. Science, v. 276, no. 5316, p. 1236(4)

Belton, M.J.S., et al., 1996. Galileo's first images of Jupiter and the Galilean satellites. Science, v. 274, no. 5286, p. 377(9).

Carroll, M., 1996. Sea-ice ridges on Jupiter's moon Europa? Astronomy, v. 24, p. 22+.

Kerr, R.A., 1996. Galileo turns geology upside down on Jupiter's icy moons. Science, v. 274, no. 5286, p. 341(1).

Ross, M., G. Schubert, 1987. Tidal heating in an internal ocean model of Europa. Nature, v. 325, p. 133(2).

Svitil, K.A., 1997. Water world. Discover. v. 18, no. 5, p. 86(4).

NASA/JPL Europa Fact Sheet http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/europa

NASA/JPL Galileo Europa Mission http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/gem

USGS: Europa Place Names http://wwwflag.wr.usgs.gov/USGSFlag/Space/nomen/jupiter/euroTOC.html

NASA/JPL Project Galileo Home Page http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo

SSI Education and Public Outreach http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/sepo

National Space Science Data Center http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/galileo.html

Planetary Photojournal http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov

Welcome to the Planets (JPL) http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets

NASA Spacelink http://spacelink.nasa.gov

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