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The Ringed Planet Joshua Colwell

The Ringed Planet By Joshua Colwell

The Ringed Planet by Joshua Colwell


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In September 2017, the Cassini spacecraft will point itself toward the atmoshpere 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. It is a non-technical book for everyone who loves astronomy.

The Ringed Planet Summary

The Ringed Planet: Cassini's Voyage of Discovery at Saturn by Joshua Colwell

In September 2017, the Cassini spacecraft will point itself toward the atmoshpere 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.

About Joshua Colwell

Dr Joshua 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 studies the structure and dynamics of Saturn's rings with data from Cassini. He is the Director of the Center for Microgravity Research at UCF. His experiments have flown on the Space Shuttle, the International Space Station, suborbital rockets, parabolic airplane flights, and he is developing a CubeSat for launch in 2017. An avid Trekkie, his other interests include running, writing and movies. He produces and hosts the astronomy podcast Walkabout the Galaxy.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Seeing Saturn
  • Why are there moons and rings?
  • A menagerie of moons
  • Dynamic rings
  • Titan: the planet moon
  • The Ringed Planet
  • Future exploration of the Saturn system

    Additional information

    NLS9781681744964
    9781681744964
    1681744961
    The Ringed Planet: Cassini's Voyage of Discovery at Saturn by Joshua Colwell
    New
    Paperback
    Morgan & Claypool Publishers
    2017-04-30
    142
    N/A
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