Mission to Saturn
Cassini and the Huygens Probe (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)
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Word Count
72,500 words, Guess
Page Count
290 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8974324M
- ISBN-139781852336561
- ISBN-101852336560
- OCLC Control Number50004766
- Internet Archivemissiontosaturnc00harl
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2002070844
- Goodreads5896764
- LibraryThing3747412
Classifications
- LCCQB4
Description
"In Mission to Saturn, David Harland reviews the exploration of Saturn, from the discoveries of the early astronomers through telescopes to the robotic probes and fly-bys of the late 1970s and early 1980s. He then goes on to place our present knowledge in the context of the Cassini-Huygens mission, which is due to enter orbit around Saturn in 2004. This joint US/European venture will make a four-year orbital tour of the Saturnian system, with one highlight being the descent of the Huygens Probe into the atmosphere of Titan, the largest of the system's satellites which - possibly - is laced with the complex molecules which, on Earth, were the precursors to life." "The author explains how the mission was planned, how it will operate and how its observations will revolutionise our knowledge and understanding of the Saturnian system."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
From his home on the island of Rhodes in the Aegean, Hipparchus, the greatest of the ancient Greek astronomers, drew up a catalogue of the positions and motions of the objects in the sky.
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