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Contact: Isamu Matsuyama
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Carnegie Institution

Wandering Poles Left Scars on Europa

Caption: Arc-shaped troughs (black and white arrows) extend 100s of kilometers on the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. These enigmatic features are likely fractures resulting from a shift in Europa's spin axis. Vertical scale bar (right) is 100 km.

Credit: P. Schenk/NASA/LPI

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