Paul Schenk

Atlas of the Galilean Satellites (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Complete color global maps and high-resolution mosaics of Jupiter's four large moons - Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto - are compiled for the first time in this important atlas. The satellites are revealed as four visually striking and geologically diverse planetary bodies: Io's volcanic lavas and plumes and towering mountains; Europa's fissured ice surface; the craters, fractures and polar caps of Ganymede; and the giant impact basins, desiccated plains and icy pinnacles of Callisto. Featuring images taken from the recent Galileo mission, this atlas is a comprehensive mapping reference guide for researchers. It contains 65 global and regional maps, nearly 250 high-resolution mosaics, and images taken at resolutions from 500 meters to as high as 6 meters.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511850097
• Artikelnr.: 52972531

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.