Europa

"[...] 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

Europa is one of Jupiter's moons. This natural satellite is covered in ice. It is studied in Astronomy class, at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

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.

Appearances

 * Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix