Atlas of the Galilean Satellites
- Author: Paul Schenk, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston
- Date Published: August 2010
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521868358
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Complete color global maps and high-resolution mosaics of Jupiter's four large moons – Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – are compiled for the first time in this important atlas. The satellites are revealed as four visually striking and geologically diverse planetary bodies: Io's volcanic lavas and plumes and towering mountains; Europa's fissured ice surface; the craters, fractures and polar caps of Ganymede; and the giant impact basins, desiccated plains and icy pinnacles of Callisto. Featuring images taken from the recent Galileo mission, this atlas is a comprehensive mapping reference guide for researchers. It contains 65 global and regional maps, nearly 250 high-resolution mosaics, and images taken at resolutions from 500 meters to as high as 6 meters.
Read more- Reveals Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto as four visually striking and geologically diverse planetary bodies
- Includes 65 global and regional maps and nearly 250 high-resolution mosaics taken from the Voyager and Galileo spacecraft
- Images taken at resolutions from 500 meters to as high as 6 meters to display these moons at their spectacular best
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'The atlas presents both a proper photomosaic atlas of each moon, and also a gazetteer of the higher-resolution Galileo imagery, with all the available mosaics and close-up views properly assembled and projected … [t]he atlas is not only indispensable for anyone interested in the worlds of our solar system: it is also a wonderful treat. At last we can explore each of these strange new worlds as a whole.' John H. Rogers, Journal of the British Astronomical Association
See more reviews'… a splendid piece of work which certainly brings into sharp focus the natures of the four extraordinary satellites.' The Observatory
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- Date Published: August 2010
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521868358
- length: 406 pages
- dimensions: 282 x 248 x 30 mm
- weight: 1.86kg
- contains: 795 colour illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Format of the atlas
3. Making the maps
4. Geology of the Galilean satellites: an introduction to the images
5. The satellites
6. One big happy …
Appendixes
Index.-
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