E-Books →The Ringed Planet (Second Edition) Cassini's voyage of discovery at Saturn

English | 2019 | ISBN: 9781643277134 | 177 pages | True (PDF,EPUB,MOB) | 229.73 MB
Saturn is the jewel of the solar system. The Cassini spacecraft has been exploring the ringed planet and its moons since 2004 and it has helped us solve many of the planet's mysteries while generating a wealth of new questions. Cassini has observed the bizarre mountains of Iapetus, the geysers of Enceladus, the lakes of Titan, and the dynamic and evolving rings. On September 15 2017 the spacecraft sent its final transmission to the Earth as it entered the atmosphere of Saturn, ending its historic 13-year mission. Its instruments have revealed details that have never been seen before, including the only extra-terrestrial lakes known in the solar system, in addition they have provided unprecedented views of the rings, moons and the planet itself. Results from Cassini's dramatic grand finale of ring-grazing and planet-skimming orbits are included in this expanded and updated second edition.