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ReviewSpace science reviews2026

Geodetic Investigations of the Europa Clipper Mission.

G Steinbrügge, R S Park, J H Roberts, M Bland, S Brooks, J Castillo-Rogez, G Cascioli, A Genova, T Greathouse, H Hussmann and 11 more

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Review in Space science reviews, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors.

G SteinbrüggeJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1050-7759
R S ParkJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA.
J H RobertsJohns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD USA.
M BlandUnited States Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ USA.
S BrooksJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA.
J Castillo-RogezJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA.
G CascioliNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD USA.
A GenovaSapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
T GreathouseSouthwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX USA.
H HussmannInstitute of Space Research, German Aerospace Center, Berlin, Germany.
R KirkUnited States Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ USA.
A MagnaniniAlma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Forlì (FC), Italy.
E MazaricoNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD USA.
F NimmoUniversity of California, Santa Cruz, CA USA.
M S ParkDepartment of Geophysics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA USA.
F PetriccaJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA.
K RetherfordSouthwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX USA.
D M SchroederInstitute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA USA.
K M SoderlundUniversity of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX USA.
P TortoraAlma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Forlì (FC), Italy.
M ZannoniAlma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Forlì (FC), Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Europa Clipper mission will investigate the geophysical properties of Europa, one of Jupiter's Galilean moons, to assess its habitability. Geodetic measurements will play a critical role in determining Europa's internal structure, including the thickness of the ice shell, the presence and extent of a subsurface ocean, and the distribution of mass in the deeper interior. To build the necessary geodetic data set, the Geodesy Focus Group (GFG) coordinates cross-instrument efforts to measure Europa's global shape, rotational parameters, gravity field, and degree-2 tidal Love numbers (

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