The ringed planet :Cassini's voyage of discovery of Saturn : Saturn and all ringed worlds /

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"Version: 20250501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Seeing Saturn and the discoveries of rings -- 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 -- 4.9. The fabulous five : Cassini's parting look at five ring-moons5. Planetary rings : a dance of gravity -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. The main rings -- 5.3. Self-gravity wakes -- 5.4. Satellite wakes, propellers, 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 rings6. The origin and evolution of Saturn's rings -- 6.1. The problem -- 6.2. The spreading of the rings -- 6.3. The mass of the rings -- 6.4. The brightness of the rings -- 6.5. The erosion of the rings -- 6.6. The composition of the rings -- 6.7. The age and origin of Saturn's rings7. Strange new rings -- 7.1. The rings of Uranus and Neptune -- 7.2. Chariklo and Chiron -- 7.3. Quaoar -- 7.4. Haumea -- 7.5. Origins of rings8. Titan : the planet moon -- 8.1. The atmosphere -- 8.2. Lakes, dunes, and mountains -- 8.3. Titan's interior9. Saturn's hidden mysteries -- 9.1. Origin and interior -- 9.2. The atmosphere -- 9.3. The magnetic field10. Future exploration of the outer planets -- 10.1. Ocean worlds -- 10.2. Rings -- 10.3. Saturn -- 10.4. Other worlds.Full-text restricted to subscribers or individual document purchasers.Updating and expanding on the second edition of The Ringed Planet, this new edition includes discussions of the ring systems of Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus, and the newly discovered rings around small bodies in the outer solar system, placing them in the context of what we've learned about ring systems from Saturn. Using a non-technical approach, this book provides physical explanations for the phenomena observed in Saturn's system and other ring systems, featuring over 100 images, animations, and easy-to-understand graphics from the Cassini mission.The general public with an interest in astronomy and space exploration.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.Dr. Joshua Colwell is a Pegasus Professor of Physics and an Associate Dean of the College of Sciences at the University of Central Florida. He worked on the Cassini mission from 1990 through the end of mission in 2017, and he continues to analyse data from it. He is also producer and host of the podcast "Walkabout the Galaxy".Title from PDF title page (viewed on June 2, 2025).

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

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English

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9780750363471

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Third edition.

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SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy.
Solar system - the Sun & planets.
Saturn probes.
Planetary rings.

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Joshua Colwell.

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