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ISBN Number: 9780387261294
Subtitle: Huygens Results
Written by: Harland, David M.
Written by: Harland, D. M.
Published by: Praxis Publications Inc
Subject: Aeronautics & Astronautics
Subject: Astrophysics & Space Science
Subject: Astronomy
Subject: Astronomy, General
Copyright: 2005
Edition Number: 1
Edition Description: and and
Series: Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration
Date of Publication: March 2007
Cover Type: Paperback
Written in: English
Illustrations: Yes
Number of Pages: 403
Book Size: 952x670x94 190
Cassini At Saturn - Huygens Results brings the story of the Cassini-Huygens mission and their joint exploration of the Saturnian system right up to date. Cassini entered orbit around Saturn June 2004 so this update includes 8 months of scientific data available for review, including the most spectacular images of Saturn, its rings and satellites ever obtained by a space mission. As the Cassini spacecraft approached its destination in spring 2004, the quality of the images already being returned by the spacecraft clearly demonstrated the spectacular nature of the close-range views that will be obtained. The book contains a 16-page colour section, comprising a carefully chosen selection of the most stunning images to be released during the spacecraft's initial period of operation.
The Huygens craft, released by Cassini, parachuted through the clouds of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, in January 2005. David Harland tells the exciting story of the this craft's journey to the surface of one of the most enigmatic bodies on the Solar System, the only moon to have a dense atmosphere and possibly lakes of liquid gas at -190ºC on its surface. Titan is considered to be an early Earth in deep freeze, possibly with the building blocks of life in its atmosphere. There will undoubtedly be enormous interest in the first results and images of Titan's surface, and this book is the first incisive summary of this groundbreaking material. Synopsis:
Cassini at Saturn- Huygens Results updates the dramatic Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and its moons. Launched in 1997, the spacecraft entered Saturn's orbit in July, 2004, and the Huygens probe departed Cassini in December 2004 to parachute through the clouds of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, in January 2005. In this exciting volume, the author reports and interprets 8 months of data available for review. The book includes a 16-page color section of spectacular early images of Saturn, its rings and satellites. Harland details the Huygens mission to the surface of one of the most enigmatic bodies on the Solar System: the only moon with a dense atmosphere and possibly lakes of liquid gas at -190?C on its surface. Will Titan prove to resemble an early Earth in deep-freeze, with the building blocks of life in its atmosphere? This book will be the first to appear with an incisive summary of groundbreaking material.
