Description
Complete color global maps and high-resolution mosaics of Jupiter's four large moons - Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto - are compiled for the first time in this important atlas. The satellites are revealed as four visually striking and geologically diverse planetary bodies: Io's volcanic lavas and plumes and towering mountains; Europa's fissured ice surface; the craters, fractures and polar caps of Ganymede; and the giant impact basins, desiccated plains and icy pinnacles of Callisto. Featuring images taken from the recent Galileo mission, this atlas is a comprehensive mapping reference guide for researchers. It contains 65 global and regional maps, nearly 250 high-resolution mosaics, and images taken at resolutions from 500 meters to as high as 6 meters.
Global maps and high-resolution mosaics of Jupiter's four large moons are compiled in this important atlas for researchers.
About the Author
Paul Schenk is a staff scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, Texas, where he specializes in impact craters and other features on icy satellites, and in 3-D imaging. He is currently analyzing released Cassini data of the icy satellites of Saturn, and assisting the New Horizons team to plan their encounter with Pluto in 2015.
Reviews
'The atlas presents both a proper photomosaic atlas of each moon, and also a gazetteer of the higher-resolution Galileo imagery, with all the available mosaics and close-up views properly assembled and projected ... [t]he atlas is not only indispensable for anyone interested in the worlds of our solar system: it is also a wonderful treat. At last we can explore each of these strange new worlds as a whole.' John H. Rogers, Journal of the British Astronomical Association
'... a splendid piece of work which certainly brings into sharp focus the natures of the four extraordinary satellites.' The Observatory
Book Information
ISBN 9780521868358
Author Paul Schenk
Format Hardback
Page Count 406
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 1860g
Dimensions(mm) 282mm * 248mm * 30mm
Global maps and high-resolution mosaics of Jupiter's four large moons are compiled in this important atlas for researchers.
About the Author
Paul Schenk is a staff scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, Texas, where he specializes in impact craters and other features on icy satellites, and in 3-D imaging. He is currently analyzing released Cassini data of the icy satellites of Saturn, and assisting the New Horizons team to plan their encounter with Pluto in 2015.
Reviews
'The atlas presents both a proper photomosaic atlas of each moon, and also a gazetteer of the higher-resolution Galileo imagery, with all the available mosaics and close-up views properly assembled and projected ... [t]he atlas is not only indispensable for anyone interested in the worlds of our solar system: it is also a wonderful treat. At last we can explore each of these strange new worlds as a whole.' John H. Rogers, Journal of the British Astronomical Association
'... a splendid piece of work which certainly brings into sharp focus the natures of the four extraordinary satellites.' The Observatory
Book Information
ISBN 9780521868358
Author Paul Schenk
Format Hardback
Page Count 406
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 1860g
Dimensions(mm) 282mm * 248mm * 30mm
