Cassini at Saturn : Huygens results /
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| Author / Creator: | Harland, David M. (David Michael), 1955- |
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| Imprint: | New York ; Berlin : Springer, 2007. |
| Description: | xx, 403 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6327717 |
Table of Contents:
- List of figures
- Author's preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Saturn from afar
- Naked-eye astronomers
- Saturnus triformis
- Giant moon
- A flat ring, nowhere connected
- New moons
- Ring division
- The Astronomical Unit
- Herschel's discoveries
- Origin of the rings
- Asteroids
- The 'missing' moon
- The lure of the rings
- Saturn's atmosphere
- So many moons
- Hints of outer and inner rings
- Saturn's interior
- The discovery of Janus
- A timely paradigm shift
- 2. First close look
- Space particles and fields
- Pathfinding
- Jovian fly-bys
- First to Saturn
- A glimpse of Titan
- Follow-up
- 3. Saturn revealed
- Thinking big
- Voyager
- Jovian surprises
- Encounter with Saturn
- Planets beyond
- 4. The Titans
- A nomenclature
- General considerations
- Mimas
- Enceladus
- Tethys
- Dione
- Rhea
- Titan
- Hyperion
- Iapetus
- Phoebe
- 5. Cassini-Huygens
- Planning
- Cassini spacecraft
- Huygens probe
- Final preparations
- Launch
- Venus
- Earth
- Designing the orbital tour
- Target of opportunity
- Encounter with the giant
- Beyond Jupiter
- Blurred vision
- Saving the Huygens mission
- Recent studies of Titan
- Cruising on
- Cassini approach phase
- Phoebe fly-by
- The final leg
- Saturn orbit insertion
- First impressions of Titan
- A glimpse of Iapetus
- Capture orbit apoapsis
- Saturn's lightning storms
- Early ring studies
- 'White dots' on Iapetus
- Discovering Polydeuces
- First close fly-by of Titan
- A view of Tethys
- More ring studies
- Huygens tests
- Second fly-by of Titan
- A look at Dione
- Huygens release
- Iapetus revealed
- Huygens reaches Titan
- A look at Enceladus
- Cassini resumes its tour
- Saturn's deep clouds
- Enceladus discoveries
- A 'hot spot' on Titan
- Continuing ring studies
- 'Lake Ontario' on Titan
- Early views of Hyperion
- More Enceladus discoveries
- Channels on Titan
- Tethys fly-by
- Hyperion up close
- First sighting of ring spokes
- Dione fly-by
- Telesto
- Dunes on Titan
- Rhea fly-by
- Geysers on Enceladus
- Features named on Titan
- Saturn by 'ringlight'
- Janus and Epimetheus
- Does Titan have an internal ocean?
- Mimas and Rhea
- The Xanadu 'continent' on Titan
- Polydeuces inspected
- Titan, land of a thousand lakes
- Saturn's magnetic field
- The rings in solar occultation
- Titan's seasonal rains
- Notes
- Acronyms
- Facts and figures
- Further reading
- Index
