The lack of large impact craters on the surface of Europa is consistent with
A) active volcanism that is constantly resurfacing the crust
B) the surface being covered with an ocean of liquid water
C) the crust being so thick and hard that impacts leave no marks on the surface
D) a subsurface ocean of water because large impacts will break the thin crust causing water and slushy ice below to flood out and resurface the crust
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