| Saturn in the 21st Century Contributor(s): Baines, Kevin H. (Editor), Flasar, F. Michael (Editor), Krupp, Norbert (Editor) |
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ISBN: 110710677X ISBN-13: 9781107106772 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Astronomy |
| Dewey: 523.46 |
| LCCN: 2017054700 |
| Series: Cambridge Planetary Science |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 8.6" W x 11.1" (3.50 lbs) 460 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Cassini Orbiter mission, launched in 1997, has provided state-of-the-art information into the origins and workings of Saturn. Drawing from new discoveries and scientific insight from the mission, this book provides a detailed overview of the planet as revealed by Cassini. Chapters by eminent planetary scientists and researchers from across the world comprehensively review the current state of knowledge regarding Saturn's formation, interior, atmosphere, ionosphere, thermosphere and magnetosphere. Specialised chapters discuss the planet's seasonal variability; the circulation of strong zonal winds; the constantly changing polar aurorae; and the Great Storm of 2010-2011, the most powerful convective storm ever witnessed by humankind. Documenting the latest research on the planet, from its formation to how it operates today, this is an essential reference for graduate students, researchers and planetary scientists. |
Contributor Bio(s): Flasar, F. Michael: - F. Michael Flasar is a Space Scientist at the Planetary Systems Laboratory, at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. He has devoted 45 years to the study of solar system planets and their atmospheres, particularly from thermal-infrared spectroscopy and radio-occultation data. He has been an investigator on the Voyager mission to the giant planets, the Galileo mission to Jupiter, the Mars Global Surveyor mission, and the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn. He is a recipient of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's John C. Lindsay Memorial Award for Space Science, and is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union.Baines, Kevin H.: - Kevin H. Baines is a Senior Scientist at the Space Science and Engineering Center, at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and Principal Scientist at California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena. He has over 35 years of experience in the development, planning, data analysis and publication of science results from NASA and ESA planetary orbital missions. Specializing in the 3-D nature of planetary atmospheres as gleaned from spacecraft-borne visual-to-near-infrared spectral imagers, he has been a NASA-selected scientist on the Cassini-Huygens and Galileo orbiter missions to Jupiter and Saturn and was the leader of the NASA science team on ESA's Venus Express orbiter mission.Krupp, Norbert: - Norbert Krupp is a Scientist at the Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Göttingen. He has 25 years of experience in the data analysis and development of space instrumentation. His main interest is the understanding of processes driving the global configuration and dynamics of particles around planets including the interaction with moons, rings and neutral clouds. He has been involved in several space missions, including: Mars Express, Venus Express, Ulysses, Bepi Colombo, Juice, Galileo, Cassini/Huygens, and Europa Clipper. On Cassini, he co-led the magnetosphere and plasma science working group MAPS, and is now a Co-Investigator of the MIMI instrument. |