The Solar System (Astronomy and Astrophysics Library) - Hardcover

Encrenaz, Therese; Bibring, Jean-Pierre

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3540189106 ISBN 13: 9783540189107

Verlag: Springer, 1990

Inhaltsangabe

More than ever, planetology is a science in full development. The year 1989 has seen two important achievements: the exploration of Mars by the Phobos spacecraft, and the encounter of Neptune and its satellite Triton by the Voyager 2 probe. The first event marked the beginning of a new Mars exploration program, which will hopefully lead to a Martian return sample mission within the next fifteen years. The exploration of Venus will continue with Magellan, just launched by NASA. The second event ends the first stage of the space exploration of the giant planets. It has demonstrated the amazing variety of the objects encountered - planets, rings and satellites - which reflect the variety and the complexity of their formation and evolution processes. The next era in outer solar system exploration has just started with the launch of the Galileo mission, which will explore Jupiter and its Galilean satellites in 1995-1996. Hopefully, more and more ambitious missions will follow, in a fully international cooperative effort. The Cassini mission will be devoted to the Saturn system, with special emphasis on its satellite Titan. The space exploration of the small bodies will continue with rendezvous missions to cometary nuclei - in particular the CRAF mission (Comet Rendez-vous and Asteroidal Fly-by) - and possibly, asteroids, in preparation for the ultimate Comet Nucleus Sample Return mission, planned for the beginning of the next century. On the other hand, interplanetary medium studies will greatly benefit from the Ulysses and Soho-Cluster missions.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1990
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3540189106
• ISBN 13: 9783540189107
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 344
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