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24%OFFRalph Lorenz - Titan Unveiled: Saturn´s Mysterious Moon Explored - 9780691146331 - V9780691146331
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Titan Unveiled: Saturn´s Mysterious Moon Explored

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Description for Titan Unveiled: Saturn´s Mysterious Moon Explored Paperback. For twenty-five years following the Voyager mission, scientists speculated about Saturn's largest moon, a mysterious orb clouded in orange haze. This book reveals the startling discoveries that have been made since the arrival of the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and Titan. Num Pages: 280 pages, 19 color illus. 65 halftones. 21 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 492.
For twenty-five years following the Voyager mission, scientists speculated about Saturn's largest moon, a mysterious orb clouded in orange haze. Finally, in 2005, the Cassini-Huygens probe successfully parachuted down through Titan's atmosphere, all the while transmitting images and data. In the early 1980s, when the two Voyager spacecraft skimmed past Titan, Saturn's largest moon, they transmitted back enticing images of a mysterious world concealed in a seemingly impenetrable orange haze. Titan Unveiled is one of the first general interest books to reveal the startling new discoveries that have been made since the arrival of the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
491g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691146331
SKU
V9780691146331
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99-12

About Ralph Lorenz
Ralph Lorenz is a planetary scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Jacqueline Mitton is a writer, editor, and media consultant in astronomy. They are the coauthors of "Lifting Titan's Veil: Exploring the Giant Moon of Saturn".

Reviews for Titan Unveiled: Saturn´s Mysterious Moon Explored
"[A]n enjoyable mix: a very accessible summary of current knowledge about Titan is combined with a firsthand account that gives a flavour of what it has been like to be part of this grand, bold, international collaboration that is the Cassini-Huygens project."
Times Higher Education "Titan Unveiled describes how most of what we once hypothesized about Titan has been proved wrong. ... Read more

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