Titan from Cassini-Huygens
Springer (Verlag)
978-94-007-4452-3 (ISBN)
Robert Brown, of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory of the University of Arizona, Tucson, USA, is the Team Leader for Cassini's Visible and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS). Dr. Brown is Professor of Planetary Sciences. His research interests center on observational, theoretical, and laboratory studies of planetary surfaces and surface processes. Of particular interest in his research are Titan and the rest of Saturn's icy moons. Jean-Pierre Lebreton is the ESA Project Scientist and Mission Manager for the Huygens mission. His particular speciality is planetary science, studying plasma physics. Dr. Lebreton is also in the ESA team working on the Rosetta mission and, in particular, he is involved with the Plasma Consortium Experiment. He led the divisional activities on the Tethered Satellite System. Jack Hunter Waite is a planetary scientist specializing in the application of mass spectrometry to the study of solar system biogeochemistry and aeronomy. He is involved in research projects in ion/neutral mass spectrometry, gas chromatography, biogeochemistry, thermospheric modeling, and planetary astronomy. Dr. Waite is the Team Leader for the Cassini Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer investigation, co-investigator and lead SwRI hardware manager for the Rosetta/Rosina Reflectron Time-of-Flight, principal investigator for the development of a Jupiter Thermosphere-Ionosphere General Circulation Model, a co-investigator in planetary observing programs with Hubble Space Telescope (HST), Chandra, and the Canada France Hawaii Telescope and leads a major effort for the development of analytical techniques for use in the study of planetary biogeochemistry funded by NASA JPL and the NASA ASTID programs.
Overview.- Earth-Based Perspective and Pre-Cassini–Huygens Knowledge of Titan.- The Origin and Evolution of Titan.- Titan's Interior Structure.- Geology and Surface Processes on Titan.- Composition of Titan's Surface.- Volatile Origin and Cycles: Nitrogen and Methane.- High-Altitude Production of Titan's Aerosols.- Titan's Astrobiology.- Atmospheric Structure and Composition.- Composition and Structure of the Ionosphere and Thermosphere.- Aerosols in Titan's Atmosphere.- Atmospheric Dynamics and Meteorology.- Seasonal Change on Titan.- Mass Loss Processes in Titan's Upper Atmosphere.- Energy Deposition Processes in Titan's Upper Atmosphere and Its Induced Magnetosphere.- Titan in the Cassini—Huygens Extended Mission.- Titan Beyond Cassini—Huygens.- Mapping Products of Titan's Surface.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 7.4.2012 |
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Zusatzinfo | 111 Illustrations, color; 100 Illustrations, black and white; VIII, 535 p. 211 illus., 111 illus. in color. With online files/update. |
Verlagsort | Dordrecht |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 210 x 279 mm |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Angewandte Physik |
Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik | |
Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik | |
Schlagworte | Cassini-Huygens Mission • Cassini-Huygens Results • Saturn • Titan |
ISBN-10 | 94-007-4452-8 / 9400744528 |
ISBN-13 | 978-94-007-4452-3 / 9789400744523 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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