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Oxygen Detected on Europa

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1995

Doyle Hall23 February 1995

Science / Astronomy

Hall's Hubble spectroscopy identifies oxygen in Europa's tenuous atmosphere, the first such detection around a planetary satellite.

Names involved

Doyle Hall

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