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ReviewSpace science reviews2023

Investigating Europa's Habitability with the Europa Clipper.

Steven D Vance, Kathleen L Craft, Everett Shock, Britney E Schmidt, Jonathan Lunine, Kevin P Hand, William B McKinnon, Elizabeth M Spiers, Chase Chivers, Justin D Lawrence and 25 more

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Review in Space science reviews, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

35 authors.

Steven D VanceJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA.
Kathleen L CraftApplied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD USA.
Everett ShockSchool of Earth & Space Exploration and School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ USA.
Britney E SchmidtDepartment of Astronomy and Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY USA.
Jonathan LunineDepartment of Astronomy and Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY USA.
Kevin P HandJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA.
William B McKinnonDepartment of Earth and Planetary Sciences and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO USA.
Elizabeth M SpiersSchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA USA.
Chase ChiversSchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA USA.
Justin D LawrenceSchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA USA.
Natalie WolfenbargerInstitute for Geophysics, John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX USA.
Erin J LeonardJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA.
Kirtland J RobinsonBeyond Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ USA.
Marshall J StyczinskiJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA.
Divya M PersaudJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA.
Gregor SteinbrüggeJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA.
Mikhail Y ZolotovSchool of Earth & Space Exploration and School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ USA.
Lynnae C QuickNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD USA.
Jennifer E C ScullyJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA.
Tracy M BeckerSouthwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX USA.
Samuel M HowellJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA.
Roger N ClarkPlanetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ USA.
Andrew J DombardDept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, USA.
Christopher R GleinSouthwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX USA.
Olivier MousisAix Marseille Université, CNRS, LAM (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille), Marseille, France.
Mark A SephtonImpacts and Astromaterials Research Centre, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Julie Castillo-RogezJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA.
Francis NimmoDepartment of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA USA.
Alfred S McEwenLunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ USA.
Murthy S GudipatiJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA.
Insoo JunJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA.
Xianzhe JiaDepartment of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI USA.
Frank PostbergInstitut für Geologische Wissenschaften, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Krista M SoderlundInstitute for Geophysics, John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX USA.
Catherine M ElderJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The habitability of Europa is a property within a system, which is driven by a multitude of physical and chemical processes and is defined by many interdependent parameters, so that its full characterization requires collaborative investigation. To explore Europa as an integrated system to yield a complete picture of its habitability, the Europa Clipper mission has three primary science objectives: (1) characterize the ice shell and ocean including their heterogeneity, properties, and the nature of surface-ice-ocean exchange; (2) characterize Europa's composition including any non-ice materials on the surface and in the atmosphere, and any carbon-containing compounds; and (3) characterize Europa's geology including surface features and localities of high science interest. The mission will also address several cross-cutting science topics including the search for any current or recent activity in the form of thermal anomalies and plumes, performing geodetic and radiation measurements, and assessing high-resolution, co-located observations at select sites to provide reconnaissance for a potential future landed mission. Synthesizing the mission's science measurements, as well as incorporating remote observations by Earth-based observatories, the James Webb Space Telescope, and other space-based resources, to constrain Europa's habitability, is a complex task and is guided by the mission's Habitability Assessment Board (HAB).

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EuropaHabitabilityIceJupiterOcean worlds

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PMID38046182
PMCPMC10687213

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