Planetary Rings: A Post-Equinox View
Larry W. Esposito
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Description for Planetary Rings: A Post-Equinox View
hardcover. Providing the latest results from the Cassini mission, this up-to-date new edition covers all aspects of planetary rings. Series: Cambridge Planetary Science. Num Pages: 258 pages, 90 b/w illus. 25 colour illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 174 x 17. Weight in Grams: 716.
Fully updated and expanded, this new edition presents a cutting-edge summary of planetary rings, including results from Cassini's Saturn System, Equinox and Solstice missions, and the New Horizons flyby of Jupiter. The book introduces basic physical processes and simple mathematical approaches in an accessible manner, including N-body and stochastic models of ring dynamics. Further revised chapters present highlighted topics including Saturn's F ring, Uranus' rings and moons, Neptune's partial rings, dusty rings, and Jupiter's ring-moon system after Galileo and New Horizons. Cassini results are fully integrated throughout, including new images in color, and a new Afterword links ring images in ... Read more
Fully updated and expanded, this new edition presents a cutting-edge summary of planetary rings, including results from Cassini's Saturn System, Equinox and Solstice missions, and the New Horizons flyby of Jupiter. The book introduces basic physical processes and simple mathematical approaches in an accessible manner, including N-body and stochastic models of ring dynamics. Further revised chapters present highlighted topics including Saturn's F ring, Uranus' rings and moons, Neptune's partial rings, dusty rings, and Jupiter's ring-moon system after Galileo and New Horizons. Cassini results are fully integrated throughout, including new images in color, and a new Afterword links ring images in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Planetary Science
Number of Pages
258
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107028821
SKU
V9781107028821
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99-14
About Larry W. Esposito
Larry W. Esposito is Professor of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder, and also the principal investigator of the Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph (UVIS) experiment on the Cassini space mission to Saturn. He was chair of the Voyager Rings Working Group, and, as a member of the Pioneer Saturn imaging team, he discovered Saturn's F ring. Dr ... Read more
Reviews for Planetary Rings: A Post-Equinox View
'Supported by an online collection of beautiful NASA images, this is a critical resource for anyone interested in planetary sciences.' Choice