The Giant Planet JupiterCambridge University Press, 20 lug 1995 - 418 pagine Jupiter is an extraordinarily colourful and dynamic planet. Over minutes, one can watch tiny shadows cast by its moons slide over its surface; over days and weeks parades of diverse, giant swirling storms can be seen to move and evolve. It is because of this richness of visual and physical properties that Jupiter has intrigued amateur and professional astronomers and has been the goal of several space missions. This highly illustrated volume provides a comprehensive and accessible account of Jupiter and its satellites. It reviews systematic telescopic observations that have stretched over more than a hundred years, in addition to modern observations and theories, and the wealth of data from the Pioneer, Voyager and Ulysses space missions. As well as a thorough survey of the planet's atmosphere, this volume presents an up-to-date account of our present knowledge of Jupiter's satellites and magnetosphere, at a level accessible to the non-specialist. This volume provides the definitive account of Jupiter for advanced amateur astronomers, professional astronomers and planetary scientists. |
Sommario
The Polar Regions | 5 |
2 | 95 |
THE VISIBLE STRUCTURE OF | 106 |
spots and storms | 112 |
62 | 138 |
20 | 250 |
THE PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY | 319 |
13 | 330 |
21 | 342 |
The dynamics of individual spots | 350 |
15 | 372 |
The composition of the planet | P-16 |
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activity albedo ALPO ammonia anticyclonic apparition appeared atmosphere BAA reports barges belt bright Callisto Chapter Circulating Current clouds colour craters cyclonic dark spots Disturbance drift Earth edge emission equatorial Europa faint galilean moons Galileo Regio Ganymede grey heat infrared Io's jetstream outbreaks jetstream spots jovian Jupiter Jupiter's latitudes Loki longitude magnetic field magnetosphere mbar measurements moons NASA NASA image NEB rift NEBn NMSUO NNTB NTB(S orange orbit oval BC pattern photographs Pioneer 11 planet plasma Plate plume polar regions prograding recorded reddish Reese reflector retrograding rifted region rotation period satellites SEB Revival SEB(N SEB(S SEBn SEBS jetstream SEBZ shading showed solar solar wind South Tropical South Tropical Disturbance spacecraft speed STB Fade STB white ovals STBn streaks STropD sulphur surface Table telescope Temperate temperature torus Tropical Dislocation true SSTB ultraviolet visible Voyager images wavelengths white spots zones
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Jupiter: The Planet, Satellites and Magnetosphere, Volume 2 Fran Bagenal,Timothy E. Dowling,William B. McKinnon Anteprima limitata - 2004 |
Giant Planets of Our Solar System: An Introduction Patrick G. J. Irwin,Patrick Irwin Anteprima non disponibile - 2006 |