Cassini at Saturn: Huygens ResultsCassini At Saturn – Huygens Results brings the story of the Cassini-Huygens mission and their joint exploration of the Saturnian system right up to date. Cassini entered orbit around Saturn June 2004 so this update includes 8 months of scientific data available for review, including the most spectacular images of Saturn, its rings and satellites ever obtained by a space mission. As the Cassini spacecraft approached its destination in spring 2004, the quality of the images already being returned by the spacecraft clearly demonstrated the spectacular nature of the close-range views that will be obtained. The book contains a 16-page colour section, comprising a carefully chosen selection of the most stunning images to be released during the spacecraft’s initial period of operation. The Huygens craft, released by Cassini, parachuted through the clouds of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, in January 2005. David Harland tells the exciting story of the this craft’s journey to the surface of one of the most enigmatic bodies on the Solar System, the only moon to have a dense atmosphere and possibly lakes of liquid gas at -190oC on its surface. Titan is considered to be an early Earth in deep freeze, possibly with the building blocks of life in its atmosphere. There will undoubtedly be enormous interest in the first results and images of Titan’s surface, and this book is the first incisive summary of this groundbreaking material. |
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NEW MOONS | 9 |
RING DIVISION | 10 |
THE ASTRONOMICAL UNIT | 11 |
HERSCHELS DISCOVERIES | 12 |
ORIGIN OF THE RINGS | 14 |
SAVING THE HUYGENS MISSION | 230 |
RECENT STUDIES OF TITAN | 240 |
CRUISING ON | 241 |
CASSINI APPROACH PHASE | 244 |
PHOEBE FLYBY | 249 |
THE FINAL LEG | 252 |
SATURN ORBIT INSERTION | 254 |
FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF TITAN | 259 |
ASTEROIDS | 15 |
THE MISSING MOON | 16 |
THE LURE OF THE RINGS | 17 |
SATURNS ATMOSPHERE | 28 |
SO MANY MOONS | 32 |
HINTS OF OUTER AND INNER RINGS | 36 |
SATURNS INTERIOR | 37 |
THE DISCOVERY OF JANUS | 38 |
First close look | 41 |
PATHFINDING | 46 |
JOVIAN FLYBYS | 47 |
FIRST TO SATURN | 49 |
A GLIMPSE OF TITAN | 61 |
FOLLOWUP | 64 |
Saturn revealed | 67 |
JOVIAN SURPRISES | 72 |
ENCOUNTER WITH SATURN | 82 |
PLANETS BEYOND | 122 |
The Titans | 143 |
MIMAS | 145 |
ENCELADUS | 148 |
TETHYS | 151 |
DIONE | 153 |
RHEA | 155 |
HYPERION | 166 |
IAPETUS | 167 |
PHOEBE | 169 |
CassiniHuygens | 173 |
CASSINI SPACECRAFT | 175 |
HUYGENS PROBE | 191 |
FINAL PREPARATIONS | 198 |
LAUNCH | 203 |
VENUS | 205 |
EARTH | 208 |
DESIGNING THE ORBITAL TOUR | 210 |
TARGET OF OPPORTUNITY | 216 |
ENCOUNTER WITH THE GIANT | 217 |
BEYOND JUPITER | 229 |
A GLIMPSE OF IAPETUS | 261 |
SATURNS LIGHTNING STORMS | 262 |
EARLY RING STUDIES | 263 |
WHITE DOTS ON IAPETUS | 264 |
DISCOVERING POLYDEUCES | 265 |
A VIEW OF TETHYS | 272 |
HUYGENS TESTS | 273 |
SECOND FLYBY OF TITAN | 274 |
A LOOK AT DIONE | 277 |
HUYGENS RELEASE | 278 |
IAPETUS REVEALED | 280 |
HUYGENS REACHES TITAN | 284 |
A LOOK AT ENCELADUS | 293 |
SATURNS DEEP CLOUDS | 298 |
ENCELADUS DISCOVERIES | 299 |
A HOT SPOT ON TITAN | 302 |
CONTINUING RING STUDIES | 303 |
LAKE ONTARIO ON TITAN | 306 |
MORE ENCELADUS DISCOVERIES | 308 |
CHANNELS ON TITAN | 314 |
TETHYS FLYBY | 316 |
HYPERION UP CLOSE | 318 |
FIRST SIGHTING OF RING SPOKES | 320 |
TELESTO | 322 |
RHEA FLYBY | 324 |
GEYSERS ON ENCELADUS | 326 |
FEATURES NAMED ON TITAN | 328 |
SATURN BY RINGLIGHT | 331 |
MIMAS AND RHEA | 333 |
THE XANADU CONTINENT ON TITAN | 335 |
SATURNS MAGNETIC FIELD | 339 |
THE RINGS IN SOLAR OCCULTATION | 341 |
Notes | 345 |
Acronyms | 373 |
Facts and figures | 376 |
Further reading | 385 |
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