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Satellites of the outer planets : worlds in their own right

Title: Satellites of the outer planets : worlds in their own right / David A. Rothery.
Author: Rothery, David A.
Publication: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

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Description

xiv, 242 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 26 cm

Summary

"Extensively revised and updated, this new edition of this acclaimed geological guide to the outer solar system includes results and close-up color and black-and-white images from both the 1995-1999 Galileo mission to Jupiter and the Voyager space probe. Rothery explains the geological aspects of the major satellites of the outer planets, from Jupiter to Neptune and the Pluto-Charon system.
In particular he shows how tectonic and volcanic processes, driven by heat from within, have shaped the rigid outer layers of these worlds. Rothery also discusses the similarities and differences among them and the ways in which they resemble Earth-like planets."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

Outer planets > Satellites

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-229) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Composition and Evolution of Satellites -- 3. Voyager and Galileo -- 4. Icy Lithospheres -- 5. Dead Worlds -- 6. Recently Active Worlds -- 7. Active Worlds -- 8. Unseen Worlds -- 9. What Next? -- App. Names of Surface Features.

ISBN

019512555X

LCCN

98052813

OCLC

ocm40403696

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries