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Sinopse
Ralph Lorenz and Jacqueline Mitton take readers behind the scenes of this mission. Launched in 1997, Cassini entered orbit around Saturn in summer 2004. Its formidable payload included the Huygens probe, which successfully parachuted down through Titan's atmosphere in early 2005, all the while transmitting images and data--and scientists were startled by what they saw. One of those researchers was Lorenz, who gives an insider's account of the scientific community's first close encounter with an alien landscape of liquid methane seas and turbulent orange skies. Amid the challenges and frayed nerves, new discoveries are made, including methane monsoons, equatorial sand seas, and Titan's polar hood. Lorenz and Mitton describe Titan as a world strikingly like Earth and tell how Titan may hold clues to the origins of life on our own planet and possibly to its presence on others.
Generously illustrated with many stunning images, 'Titan Unveiled' is essential reading for anyone interested in space exploration, planetary science, or astronomy.
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Especificações
ISBN | 9780691125879 |
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Pré venda | Não |
Peso | 304g |
Autor para link | MITTON JACQUELINE,LORENZ RALPH |
Livro disponível - pronta entrega | Não |
Dimensões | 23 x 16 x 1 |
Idioma | Inglês |
Tipo item | Livro Importado |
Número de páginas | 272 |
Número da edição | 1º EDIÇÃO - 2011 |
Código Interno | 656372 |
Código de barras | 9780691125879 |
Acabamento | PAPERBACK |
Autor | MITTON, JACQUELINE | LORENZ, RALPH |
Editora | PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Sob encomenda | Não |