Abstract
Exploration of subsurface oceans on Jovian icy moons is a key issue of the icy moons’ geology. Electromagnetic wave propagation is the only way to probe their icy mantles from the orbit.In the present paper, a principal concept of a passive interferometric instrument for deep sounding of the icy moons’ crust is proposed. Its working principle is measuring and correlating Jupiter's radio wave emissions with reflections from the deep sub-surface of the icy moons. A number of the functional aspects of the proposed experiment are studied, in particular, impact of the wave scattering on the surface terrain on the instrument performance and digital sampling of the noisy signal. Results of the test of the laboratory prototype of the instrument are also presented in the paper.
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