Europa - Ancient Goddess and Jupiter’s Cream-skinned Moon

 

 
Text Box: She has the, youngest, smoothest skin of any of Jupiter's moons. Icy outside, she probably has a liquid water ocean below that future space voyagers will dip in. She is perhaps home to creatures living around volcanoes thought to exist on her ocean floor. Europa is named after the mythical Phoenician princess who was seen by Zeus gathering flowers. Falling hopelessly in love with beautiful Europa, Zeus transformed himself into a white bull and carried her away to the island of Crete. He then revealed his true identity and Europa became the first queen of Crete.