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"Is this all real? Or has this been happening inside my head?"
The topic of this article is of a real-life subject that has been mentioned "in-universe" in a canon source. The Harry Potter Wiki is written from the perspective that all information presented in canon is true (e.g., Hogwarts really existed), and, as such, details contained in this article may differ from real world facts. |
- " [...] I think you must have misheard Professor Sinistra, Europa's covered in ice, not mice."
- — Hermione Granger correcting Harry Potter's essay about Jupiter's Moons[src]
Europa is one of the natural satellites orbiting Jupiter. It is covered with ice. It is studied in astronomy classes, at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.[1]
Behind the scenes
- In the Muggle world, Europa was discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei (and possibly independently by Simon Marius), and named after a mythical Phoenician noblewoman, Europa, who was courted by Zeus and became the queen of Crete.[2]
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (First mentioned)
Notes and references
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 14 (Percy and Padfoot)
- ↑ Europa
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| Professors: Satyavati Shah · Aurora Sinistra | |||||
| Astronomy at Hogwarts: Astronomy classroom · Astronomy Corridor · Astronomy Club · Astronomy department · Astronomy homework meeting · Astronomy reading room · Astronomy Room · Astronomy Stairs · Astronomy Tower | |||||
| Astronomers: Aurora Sinistra · Copernicus · George von Rheticus · Perpetua Fancourt · Hesper Starkey | |||||
| Objects: Astrolabe · Globe of the Moon · Lunascope · Moon chart · Orrery · Sextant · Star chart · Telescope | |||||
| Planets: Jupiter · Mars · Mercury · Neptune · Pluto · Rogue planets · Saturn · Uranus · Venus | |||||
| Satellites: Callisto · Europa · Ganymede · Io · Moon | |||||
| Constellations: Aquila · Bartholomeus · Cetus · Crater · Dark cloud constellations · Orion · Ursa Major | |||||
| Other topics: Black holes · Cosmic ages · Dark energy · Dark matter · Eclipse · Lunar phases · Meteor showers · Space weather · Wormholes | |||||