The joint NASA-ESA Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn is the most ambitious planetary mission since the VEGA mission to Venus and Halley in 1985/86 and the Viking arbiters and landers to Mars in 1976. This volume describes the mission, the orbiter spacecraft, the Titan atmospheric probe and the mission design in articles written by its project scientists and engineering team. These are followed by five articles from each of the discipline working groups discussing the existing knowledge of the Saturnian system and their goals for the mission. Finally, each of the Huygens entry probe instrument teams describes their instruments and measurement objectives. These instruments include an atmospheric structure instrument, an aerosol pyrolyser, an imager/radiometer, a gas chromatograph, a surface science package and a radio science investigation. This book is of interest to all potential users of the Cassini-Huygens data, to those who wish to learn about the planned scientific return from the Cassini-Huygens mission and those curious about the processes occurring on this most fascinating planet.
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"For a mission that will take at least 18 years from conception to completion, it is useful for everyone to be reminded of why it was proposed and how it will be accomplished. This is an essential and convenient reference work for any researcher interested in the Saturnian system and the treasure trove of data that Cassini-Huygens will return." (Carl Murray, The Observatory, 124)
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Saturn is visible to the naked eye and virtually every ancient civilization noted its apparitions. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
diffuse downward flux, aureole observations, flyby sequence, violet photometers, aureole measurements, corotation flow, icy satellite flybys, extended plasma sheet, more specific objectives that can, orbit pumping, pure cranking, data relay subsystem, targeted flybys, surface science package, downward solar flux, downward diffuse flux, magnetospheric plasma flow, pyro unit, hydrogen torus, science lamp, bottom clapper, remote sensing pallet, fore dome, neutral torus, support avionics Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Space Sci, Publications Division, Space Res, Spectral Radiometer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, University of Arizona Press, Huygens Atmospheric Structure Instrument, Interdisciplinary Scientist, European Space Agency, Scientific Problem, California Institute of Technology, Kluwer Academic Publishers, New York, Probe Relay Test, Top Hat, Acoustic Properties Instrument, Cape Canaveral, Cassini Huygens, Observatoire de Paris, Space Sri, Van Allen, Christiaan Huygens, Composite Infrared Spectrometer, Del Genio, Mission Timer Unit New!
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diffuse downward flux, aureole observations, flyby sequence, violet photometers, aureole measurements, corotation flow, icy satellite flybys, extended plasma sheet, more specific objectives that can, orbit pumping, pure cranking, data relay subsystem, targeted flybys, surface science package, downward solar flux, downward diffuse flux, magnetospheric plasma flow, pyro unit, hydrogen torus, science lamp, bottom clapper, remote sensing pallet, fore dome, neutral torus, support avionics Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Space Sci, Publications Division, Space Res, Spectral Radiometer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, University of Arizona Press, Huygens Atmospheric Structure Instrument, Interdisciplinary Scientist, European Space Agency, Scientific Problem, California Institute of Technology, Kluwer Academic Publishers, New York, Probe Relay Test, Top Hat, Acoustic Properties Instrument, Cape Canaveral, Cassini Huygens, Observatoire de Paris, Space Sri, Van Allen, Christiaan Huygens, Composite Infrared Spectrometer, Del Genio, Mission Timer Unit New!
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- Planetary Rings (Cambridge Planetary Science) by Larry W. Esposito on 7 pages
- Space Science Projects for Young Scientists by David E. McKay on 5 pages
- Outer Planets by T. V. Johnson on 4 pages
- The Solar System (3 Vol Set) (Magill's Choice) by Roger Smith on 4 pages
- Encyclopedia of Planetary Sciences (Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series) by J.H. Shirley on page 208, page 244, and page 247
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