The Cassini-Huygens Mission

Orbiter Remote Sensing Investigations

Buch | Hardcover

497 Seiten

2005 | New edition
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4020-3147-2 (ISBN)

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Describes the remote sensing investigations on the Cassini orbiter: radio science, radar, visible and near infrared spectroscopy, far infrared spectroscopy, ultraviolet spectroscopy, and visible imagery. This book is of interest to those who wish to learn about the planned scientific return from the Cassini-Huygens mission.

Atthiswriting the Cassini spacecraft has ?redits engine and successfully inserted itself andits precious cargoof scienti?c instruments into orbit, the ?rst step of its exploration of the Saturnian system. The suspense is not over, however. While excitingimages of therings have been captured,anexotic composition of Phoebe sensedby themapping spectrometer and unexpectedpanoply of magneticwaves andplasma dynamics encountered on the incoming trajectory andinitial orbit, the Huygensprobeisstillonboardandthe?rstclose?ybyofTitanhasnottakenplace. Not until Christmas Day will the probe bereleased.Navigators are still checking theircalculations,worryingaboutknownunknownslikethemassofSaturn'smoons that could cause ever so small a deviation from the planned trajectory of the probe. Theorbiter investigators are also anxious but theyget their taste of Titan earlier, on October 26.Howwell will theydetect the surface? How thickisthe atmosphere? Does Titan haveamagnetic?eld?Isthere lightninginthe atmosphere of Titan?
While terrestrial and HubbleSpace Telescope pictures have improvedgreatly over the years, they cannot match the resolution obtainable from orbitabout theplanet, and much of the data issimply unobtainablewithout direct insitu sensing. Volume 1 of this three volume set described the Cassini/Huygens mission, its scienti?c objectives and the Huygens probethat will soon enter theTitan at- sphere. Volume 2 described the insitu investigations on theorbiter. In this, the third and ?nal volume of the compendium, we describethe remote sensing inv- tigations: radioscience, radar, visibleandinfrared spectroscopy, thermalinfrared studies, ultraviolet spectroscopy and visible imagery.

Cassini Radio Science.- Radar: The Cassini Titan Radar Mapper.- The Cassini Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) Investigation.- Exploring the Saturn System in the Thermal Infrared: The Composite Infrared Spectrometer.- The Cassini Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph Investigation.- Cassini Imaging Science: Instrument Characteristics and Anticipated Scientific Investigations at Saturn.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	3.3.2005
Reihe/Serie	The Cassini-Huygens Mission ; Vol.3
Zusatzinfo	VII, 497 p.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 297 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
	Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
ISBN-10	1-4020-3147-5 / 1402031475
ISBN-13	978-1-4020-3147-2 / 9781402031472
Zustand	Neuware