Paul Schenk

Atlas of the Galilean Satellites

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Global maps and high-resolution mosaics of Jupiter's four large moons are compiled in this important atlas for researchers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 406
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 282mm x 248mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 1832g
• ISBN-13: 9780521868358
• ISBN-10: 0521868351
• Artikelnr.: 33237323

Autorenporträt

Paul Schenk is a staff scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, Texas, where he specializes in impact craters and other features on icy satellites, and in 3-D imaging. He is currently analyzing released Cassini data of the icy satellites of Saturn, and assisting the New Horizons team to plan their encounter with Pluto in 2015.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction
2. Format of the atlas
3. Making the maps
4. Geology of the Galilean satellites: an introduction to the images
5. The satellites
6. One big happy ...
Appendixes
Index.