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Europan vs Europa - What's the difference?

europan | europa |

Europa is a derived term of europan.

Europa is a related term of europan.



In astronomy terms the difference between europan and europa

is that europan is of or pertaining to Europa, a moon of Jupiter while europa is short for 52 Europa, a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Jovian moon.

As an adjective Europan

is of or pertaining to Europa, a moon of Jupiter.

As a noun Europan

is an inhabitant of Europa (moon of Jupiter.

As a proper noun Europa is

a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus.

europan

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (astronomy) Of or pertaining to Europa, a moon of Jupiter.
  • * 2004 , Pascale Ehrenfreund, " Mars, Europa, and Beyond" in Astrobiology: Future Perspectives , Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 437,
    • The specifics of how an ocean and the Europan surface might interact, however, are far from agreed-upon.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (science fiction) An inhabitant of Europa (moon of Jupiter)

    • europa

    English

    (wikipedia Europa)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (Greek mythology) A Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus.
  • (astronomy) A moon of Jupiter.
  • (astronomy) Short for , a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Jovian moon.

    • Derived terms

    * Europan