Bibliograph

Jupiter and Saturn, Linda T. Elkins-Tanton

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Jupiter and Saturn, Linda T. Elkins-Tanton

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-208) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Jupiter and Saturn

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

60393951

Responsibility statement

Linda T. Elkins-Tanton

Series statement

The Solar system

Summary

Explores the relationship between the Sun and the solar systems two largest planets, Jupiter and Saturn, from the point of view of a planetary scientist, examining the role of Jupiter and Saturn as recorders of the formation of the solar system

Table Of Contents

Jupiter: fast facts about a planet in orbit -- Fundamental information about Jupiter -- What makes gravity? -- The interior of Jupiter -- Materials, temperatures, and pressures -- Elements and isotopes -- What is pressure? -- Magnetic field -- Radio noise -- Jupiter's surface appearance and conditions -- Remote sensing -- Optical depth -- Changes in Jupiter's surface within human history: storms -- Changes in Jupiter's surface within human history: comet Shoemaker-Levy -- Jupiter's rings and moons -- The surprise of Jupiter's rings -- Jupiter's moons -- What are synchronous orbits and synchronous rotation? -- Moment of inertia -- Rheology, or how solids can flow -- Missions to Jupiter -- Saturn: fast facts about a planet in orbit -- Fundamental information about Saturn -- Saturn's interior: composition and magnetic field -- Structure, temperature, pressure -- Internal heat production -- Magnetic field -- Saturn's surface appearance and conditions -- Saturn's rings and moons -- Rings -- Why are there rings? -- Saturn's moons -- Giovanni Cassini (1625-1712) -- Fossa, sulci, and other terms for planetary landforms -- Stable orbits for small bodies among much larger planets -- Missions to Saturn -- Conclusions: the known and the unknown -- Appendix 1: units and measurements -- Fundamental units -- Comparisons among kelvin, celsius, and fahrenheit -- Useful measures of distance -- Definitions for electricity and magnetism -- Prefixes -- Appendix 2: light, wavelength, and radiation -- Appendix 3: a list of all known moons

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