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  title info:
    title: Mission Jupiter
    sub title: the Spectacular Journey of the Galileo Spacecraft
  name:
    name part: Fischer, Daniel.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2001
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xv, 317 pages)
  abstract: We are at the dawn of a new era in the study of space, all thanks to the Galileo space probe. Mission Jupiter brings us the exciting story of the Galileo mission to investigate Jupiter. The noted astronomer Daniel Fischer, co-author of Hubble: A New Window to the Universe and Hubble Revisited: New Images from the Discovery Machine, weaves together the many disparate facts learned about Jupiter and its satellites into a coherent description of this most fascinating planet, after stepping back to review the history of planetary exploration. Mission Jupiter tells the entire story of Galileo: a behind-the-scenes look at its difficult course from idea to reality; its launch; the problems it encountered early on and how these were resolved; and finally, what will become of the probe. Along the way, the author describes what wee learned about Jupiter, including what the Jovian atmosphere is really like, and the peculiar reality of the planet's magnetic field. The story of the journey to Jupiter is combined with interesting details about Galileo's capacities and a graphic description of the solar system, with an entertaining episode on how Galileo would judge the chances of finding life on Earth. The book concludes with a look to the future, closing on the Cassini probe to Saturn, launched just last year. Beautifully illustrated and well written, Mission Jupiter shows us space exploration at its best and conveys the essential science clearly and vividly. '
  note: by Daniel Fischer.
  note: Electronic resource.
  subject:
    topic: Physics
  subject:
    topic: Physics
  classification: QB4
  classification: 520
  identifier: 9781475741414 (electronic bk.)
  identifier: 1475741413 (electronic bk.)
  identifier: 9781441931580
  identifier: 1441931589
  identifier: 1475741413
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  record info:
    record content source: AU@
    record creation date: 130202
    record change date: 20260420204152.2
    record identifier: in00003563207
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng