The Ringed Planet: Cassini's Voyage of Discovery at Saturn (Iop Concise Physics) - Softcover

Colwell, Joshua

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1681744961 ISBN 13: 9781681744964

Publisher: Iop Concise Physics, 2017

Synopsis

In September 2017, the Cassini spacecraft will point itself toward the atmoshpere of Saturn and end its 13-year mission of solving many of the mysteries of the ringed planet's system with a crash. This book is a dramatic, beautifully illustrated journey of discovery through the Saturn system. Cassini's instruments have revealed never seen before details including the only extraterrestrial lakes known in the solar system and have provided unprecedented views of the rings. It is a non-technical book for everyone who loves astronomy.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr Joshua Colwell is a Planetary Scientist and Professor of Physics at the University of Central Florida with a PhD in Astrophysical, Planetary and Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Colorado. His research interests are in the origin and evolution of the solar system with a particular emphasis on planet formation, planetary rings and interplanetary dust. He is a Co-Investigator on the Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph on the Cassini mission. He studies the structure and dynamics of Saturn's rings with data from Cassini. He is the Director of the Center for Microgravity Research at UCF. His experiments have flown on the Space Shuttle, the International Space Station, suborbital rockets, parabolic airplane flights, and he is developing a CubeSat for launch in 2017. An avid Trekkie, his other interests include running, writing and movies. He produces and hosts the astronomy podcast "Walkabout the Galaxy."

About this edition

• Publisher: Iop Concise Physics
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1681744961
• ISBN 13: 9781681744964
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 142