Description: In Mission to Saturn, David Harland reviews the exploration of Saturn, from the discoveries of the early astronomers through telescopes to the robotic probes and fly-bys of the late 1970s and early 1980s. He then goes on to place our present knowledge in the context of the Cassini-Huygens mission, which is due to enter orbit around Saturn in 2004. This joint US/European venture will make a four-year orbital tour of the Saturnian system, with one highlight being the descent of the Huygens Probe into the atmosphere of Titan, the largest of the system's satellites which - possibly - is laced with the complex molecules which, on Earth, were the precursors to life.
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Subject Area: Astronomy
Publication Name: Mission to Saturn: Cassini and the Huygens Probe
Publisher: Springer
Item Length: 9.44
Subject: Saturn
Series: Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and space sciences
Publication Year: 2002
Type: Textbook
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Item Height: 0.67
Author: Harland, David M.
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Item Weight: 1.42
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