The Ringed Planet
Morgan & Claypool Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-64327-715-8 (ISBN)
This book is a 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 rings, moons, and the planet itself. Results from Cassini's dramatic Grand Finale of ring-grazing and planet-skimming orbits are included in this expanded and updated second edition.
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 Iapetus, the geysers of Enceladus, the lakes of Titan, and the dynamic and evolving rings. Along the way, this book 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. More than a journey of discovery at Saturn, The Ringed Planet is also an introduction to how planetary systems work.
Dr Joshua Colwell is a Planetary Scientist and Pegasus Professor of Physics at the University of Central Florida. His research interests are in the origin and evolution of the solar system, planet formation, planetary rings, asteroids and comets. He worked on the Cassini mission from 1990 until 2017, and continues to analyze data from it. His experiments have flown on the Space Shuttle, the International Space Station, suborbital rockets, and parabolic airplane flights. He produces and hosts the astronomy podcast "Walkabout the Galaxy.
Preface to the second edition
Acknowledgments
Author biography
Introduction
Seeing Saturn
Why are there moons and rings?
A menagerie of moons
The rings—a dance of gravity
Divining the age of the rings
Titan: the planet moon
Saturn's hidden mysteries
Future exploration of the Saturn system
| Erscheinungsdatum | 11.12.2019 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | IOP Concise Physics |
| Verlagsort | San Rafael |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 1 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Mechanik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-64327-715-4 / 1643277154 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-64327-715-8 / 9781643277158 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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