The ringed planet :Cassini's voyage of discovery at Saturn /

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"Version: 20170401"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Seeing Saturn3. 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 faithful5. 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 rings6. Titan : the planet moon -- 6.1. The atmosphere -- 6.2. Lakes, dunes and mountains -- 6.3. Titan's interior7. The Ringed Planet -- 7.1. Origin and interior -- 7.2. Atmosphere -- 7.3. Magnetic field -- 8 Future exploration of the Saturn system.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.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.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.Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 5, 2017).

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1 online resource (various pagings) :illustrations (some color).

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Popular astronomy and space.
Saturn probes.
Saturn (Planet)

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