The ringed planet : Cassini's voyage of discovery at Saturn
Joshua Colwell, University of Central Florida, USA
Bok Engelsk 2017
| Omfang | 1 bind (varierende paginering) : illustrasjoner (hovedsakelig i farger), diagrammer
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| Opplysninger | Inneholder bibliografiske referanser. - På omslaget: "A Morgan & Claypool publication" og "IOP ebooks". - Preface -- Introduction -- Seeing Saturn -- Why are there moons and rings? -- A menagerie of moons -- Dynamic rings -- Titan : the planet moon -- The ringed planet -- Future exploration of the Saturn system. - In September 2017, the Cassini spacecraft will point itself toward the surface of Saturn and end its 13 year mission of solving many of the mysteries of he ringed planet's system with a crash. This book is a dramatic, beautifully illustrated journey of discovery through the Saturn system. Cassini's instruments have revealed never seen before details including the only extraterrestrial lakes known in the solar system and have provided unprecedented views of the ring. Saturn is the jewel of the solar system. The Cassini spacecraft has been exploring the ringed planet and its moons and rings since 2004 and has helped us solve many of its mysteries while generating a wealth of new questions. Cassini has observed the bizarre mountains of lapetus, the geysers of Enceladus, the lakes of Titan, and the dynamic and evolving rings. Along the way, this books explores and explains the fundamental processes that shape not just the Saturn system, but planets and moons in general. Written for the general audience with an emphasis on the fundamental physics of planetary systems, The Ringed Planet is a fascinating exploration of the Saturn system that places Saturn in the context of the solar system as a whole. Cassini's instruments have revealed Enceladus and Titan to have subsurface oceans of liquid water. Its cameras have returned stunning images of rings in turmoil, a tumbling moon, the only extraterrestrial lakes known in the solar system, a hexagon of clouds, some of the highest mountains in the solar system and much more. Its final series of orbits before a planned crash into Saturn in September 2017 will reveal details of the interior structure of Saturn as well as provide unprecedented views of the rings. More of a journey of discovery at Saturn, The Ringed Planet is also an introduction to how planetary systems work
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| ISBN | 1-6817-4496-1. - 978-1-6817-4496-4
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