Buch, Englisch, 536 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 217 mm x 287 mm, Gewicht: 1483 g
Reihe: Space Science Series
Buch, Englisch, 536 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 217 mm x 287 mm, Gewicht: 1483 g
Reihe: Space Science Series
ISBN: 978-0-8165-3707-5
Verlag: University of Arizona Press
As a new volume in the Space Science Series, Enceladus and the Icy Moons of Saturn brings together nearly eighty of the world’s top experts writing more than twenty chapters to set the foundation for what we currently understand, while building the framework for the highest-priority questions to be addressed through ongoing spacecraft exploration. Topics include the physics and processes driving the geologic and geophysical phenomenon of icy worlds, including, but not limited to, ring-moon interactions, interior melting due to tidal heating, ejection and reaccretion of vapor and particulates, ice tectonics, and cryovolcanism.
By contextualizing each topic within the profusion of puzzles beckoning from among Saturn’s many dozen moons, Enceladus and the Icy Moons of Saturn synthesizes planetary processes on a broad scale to inform and propel both seasoned researchers and students toward achieving new advances in the coming decade and beyond.