The Moons of Jupiter

Launched in 1989, Project Galileo, NASA's most ambitious interplanetary mission, came to an end on 21 September 2003 when Galileo disintegrated in Jupiter's atmosphere, nearly nine years after it entered orbit around the planet. During this time, it made a number of startling discoveries and transmitted more than 6,000 images of Jupiter and its moons. With a selection of stunning photographs, this book explores Jupiter's moons: Io, simmering with over 100 active cauldrons; Europa, encrusted with salt-stained ice that may hide a sea; Ganymede, with its own magnetic field; and Callisto, one of the oldest and most unchanged places in our solar system; as well as Jupiter's inner moons and thirty-two minor moons. It shows that the Jovian system is like none we know. With an afterword by John R. Casani, the original project manager for the Galileo mission.

ISBN 0393050602   Pages 240 ISBN13 9780393050608 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher WW Norton & Co   Weight (grammes) 1352 Imprint WW Norton & Co   Published in New York Format Hardback   Height (mm) 290 Publication date 23 Jan 2004   Width (mm) 241 Library of Congress QB404.L48   Spine width (mm) 25 DEWEY 523.45   Academic level Tertiary education, General, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC21

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