Books+ Search Results
The ringed planet : Cassini's voyage of discovery at Saturn
Author
Title
The ringed planet : Cassini's voyage of discovery at Saturn / Joshua Colwell.
ISBN
9781681744971
9781681744995
9781681744964
Publication
San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2017]
Distribution
Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2017]
Physical Description
1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color).
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
"Version: 20170401"--Title page verso.
"A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.
Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 5, 2017).
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Biographical / Historical Note
Dr. Josh Colwell is a Planetary Scientist and Professor of Physics at the University of Central Florida with a PhD in astrophysical, planetary and atmospheric sciences from the University of Colorado. His research interests are in the origin and evolution of the solar system with a particular emphasis on planet formation, planetary rings and interplanetary dust. He is a co-investigator on the ultraviolet imaging spectrograph on the Cassini mission. He produces and hosts the astronomy podcast Walkabout the Galaxy.
Summary
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 the 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 rings. It is a non-technical book for everyone who loves astronomy.
Variant and related titles
Cassini's voyage of discovery at Saturn.
IOP ebooks.
Other formats
Also available in print.
Print version:
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 17, 2017
Series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Seeing Saturn
3. Why are there moons and rings?
4. A menagerie of moons
4.1. The inner mid-sized icy moons
4.2. Impacts and craters
4.3. Synchronous rotation
4.4. Icy satellite tectonics
4.5. Interactions with the magnetosphere
4.6. The curious case of Hyperion
4.7. Iapetus : the two-tone moon
4.8. Enceladus : Saturn's old faithful
5. Dynamic rings
5.1. Introduction
5.2. The main rings
5.3. Self-gravity wakes
5.4. Satellite wakes and shepherding
5.5. Density waves and bending waves in the rings
5.6. The B ring, ballistic transport and spokes
5.7. The C ring and Cassini division
5.8. The F ring
5.9. The dusty rings
5.10. The age of the rings
6. Titan : the planet moon
6.1. The atmosphere
6.2. Lakes, dunes and mountains
6.3. Titan's interior
7. The Ringed Planet
7.1. Origin and interior
7.2. Atmosphere
7.3. Magnetic field
8 Future exploration of the Saturn system.
Also listed under
Bookmark As
Citation
