Research Catalog

Title

The giant planet Jupiter / John H. Rogers.

Author

Rogers, John H. (John Hubert), 1952-

Publication

Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1995.

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Details

Description

x, 418 pages, 24 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps; 30 cm.

Summary

• Jupiter is an extraordinary colourful and dynamic world. Over minutes one can watch tiny shadows cast by the moons - from the volcanic world of Io through to the puckered, beaten Callisto - sliding over its surface. Over days and weeks a parade of diverse, giant, swirling storms can be seen to move and evolve. It is because of this richness of visual and physical properties that Jupiter has intrigued amateur and professional astronomers and has been the target of several space missions.
• This highly illustrated volume, largely written in non-technical terms, provides a comprehensive and accessible account of Jupiter and its satellites, synthesising data from amateur and professional astronomers and space missions. It reviews systematic telescopic observations over more than 100 years as well as modern observations and theories, and the wealth of data from the Pioneer, Voyager and Ulysses space missions.
• Many of the hand-drawings and the images from Voyager are presented and analysed here for the first time. As well as a thorough survey of the planet's atmosphere, this volume provides an up-to-date account of our present knowledge of Jupiter's satellites and magnetosphere, at a level accessible to the non-specialist.
• . As the first full account of Jupiter for nearly 40 years, this volume provides a definitive account of Jupiter for advanced amateur astronomers, professional astronomers and planetary scientists.

Series Statement

Practical astronomy handbook series ; 6

Uniform Title

Practical astronomy handbook series ; 6.

Subject

• Jupiter (Planet)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-416) and index.

Contents

• 1. Observations from Earth -- 2. Observations from spacecraft -- 3. Horizontal structure: belts, currents, spots and storms -- 4. Vertical structure: colours and clouds -- 5. The Polar Regions -- 6. North North Temperate Regions (57[degree]N to 35[degree]N) -- 7. North Temperate Region (35[degree]N to 23[degree]N) -- 8. North Tropical Region (23[degree]N to 9[degree]N) -- 9. Equatorial Region (9[degree]N to 9[degree]S) -- 10. South Tropical Region (9[degree]S to 27[degree]S) -- 11. South Temperate Region (27[degree]S to 37[degree]S) -- 12. South South Temperate Regions (37[degree]S to 53[degree]S) -- 13. Possible large-scale and long-term patterns -- 14. The dynamics of individual spots -- 15. Theoretical models of the atmospheric dynamics -- 16. The composition of the planet -- 17. Lights in the jovian night -- 18. The magnetosphere and radiation belts -- 19. The inner satellites and the ring -- 20. The galilean satellites -- 21. Io -- 22. Europa --
• 23. Ganymede -- 24. Callisto -- 25. The outer satellites -- App. A1 Measurements of longitude -- App. A2 Measurements of latitude -- App. A3 Lists of apparitions and published reports -- App. A4 Bibliography (The planet) -- App. A5 Bibliography (Magnetosphere and satellites).

ISBN

0521410088

LCCN

94015303

OCLC

• 30357355
• ocm30357355

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries