000 02900nam a22003618i 4500
001 CR9781139236966
003 UkCbUP
005 20200124160240.0
006 m|||||o||d||||||||
007 cr||||||||||||
008 120207s2014||||enk o ||1 0|eng|d
020 _a9781139236966 (ebook)
020 _z9781107028821 (hardback)
040 _aUkCbUP
_beng
_erda
_cUkCbUP
050 0 0 _aQB603.R55
_bE875 2014
082 0 0 _a523.9/8
_223
100 1 _aEsposito, Larry,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aPlanetary rings :
_ba post-equinox view /
_cLarry Esposito.
250 _aSecond edition.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2014.
300 _a1 online resource (xiv, 246 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge planetary science ;
_vnew ser., 15
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505 0 _aPreface: A personal view of planetary rings -- Introduction: the allure of the ringed planets -- Studies of planetary rings 1610-2013 -- Diversity of planetary rings -- Individual ring particles and their collisions -- Large-scale ring evolution -- Moons confine and sculpt rings -- Explaining ring phenomena -- N-body simulations -- Stochastic models -- Age and evolution of rings -- Saturn's mysterious F ring -- Uranus' rings and moons -- Neptune's partial rings -- Jupiter's ring-moon system after Galileo and New Horizons -- Ring photometry and spectroscopy -- Dusty rings -- Concluding remarks -- Afterword: The Cassini Hall of Fame.
520 _aFully updated and expanded, this new edition presents a cutting-edge summary of planetary rings, including results from Cassini's Saturn System, Equinox and Solstice missions, and the New Horizons flyby of Jupiter. The book introduces basic physical processes and simple mathematical approaches in an accessible manner, including N-body and stochastic models of ring dynamics. Further revised chapters present highlighted topics including Saturn's F ring, Uranus' rings and moons, Neptune's partial rings, dusty rings, and Jupiter's ring-moon system after Galileo and New Horizons. Cassini results are fully integrated throughout, including new images in color, and a new Afterword links ring images in the Cassini 'Hall of Fame' gallery to the relevant explanation in the text. An online cache of images and videos from NASA's collection makes it easy to locate relevant and beautiful illustrative materials. This is a key resource for students, researchers and professionals in planetary science, astronomy and space-mission research.
650 0 _aPlanetary rings.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781107028821
830 0 _aCambridge planetary science series ;
_vnew ser., 15.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139236966
999 _c518489
_d518487