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Margaret Kivelson

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Margaret Kivelson · Science & Medicine

What

Space physicist who used magnetometry to reveal a subsurface ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa

When

1928, New York City, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Margaret Kivelson is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Space physicist who used magnetometry to reveal a subsurface ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa

How & why

Kivelson is an American space physicist whose magnetometer data from the Galileo spacecraft revealed a subsurface saltwater ocean beneath the icy crust of Jupiter's moon Europa. She was born in New York to a Jewish family.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Earth & Planetary Science

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Space physicist who used magnetometry to reveal a subsurface ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa

1928

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Earth & Planetary Science