Aravind Nair

1/27/16
EEPS 101
Reading Assignment #2
1.
a. R = 2575 km; V = 4/3pi(2575)3; V = 7.15 x 1010 km3
b. M = 1346 x 1020 kg; D = 1346 x 1020 kg / 7.15 x 1010 km3 = 1.88 x 1012
kg/km3 = 1.88 g/cm3
c. Water, carbon dioxide and other impurities
4. Icy satellites. Callisto and Ganymede.
2. Mars, Asteroid Belt, Jupiter, Neptune, Kuiper Belt, Sedna, Oort Cloud
3. Extrusive igneous rocks because the material explodes out of Europas
core (like a volcano) and cools down when it reaches the surface. This is a
characteristic of igneous rocks.