LEADER 04371nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910459477703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-93619-0 010 $a9786612936197 010 $a1-4008-3475-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400834754 035 $a(CKB)2670000000059379 035 $a(EBL)617253 035 $a(OCoLC)699474622 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000473851 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11302863 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000473851 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10449444 035 $a(PQKB)11195795 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC617253 035 $a(WaSeSS)Ind00025208 035 $a(DE-B1597)446997 035 $a(OCoLC)979779659 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400834754 035 $a(PPN)199244316$9sudoc 035 $a(PPN)187955115 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL617253 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10435970 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL293619 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000059379 100 $a20100209e20102008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTitan unveiled$b[electronic resource] $eSaturn's mysterious moon explored /$fRalph Lorenz and Jacqueline Mitton, with a new afterword by the authors 205 $aWith a New afterword by the authors 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (287 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-14633-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Illustrations and Tables --$tPreface --$t1. The Lure of Titan --$t2. Waiting for Cassini --$t3. Cassini Arrives --$t4. Cassini's First Taste of Titan --$t5. Landing on Titan --$t6. The Mission Goes On --$t7. Where We Are and Where We Are Going --$tAfterword to the Paperback Edition --$tAppendix: Summary of Dynamical and Physical Data --$tFurther Reading --$tIndex 330 $aFor twenty-five years following the Voyager mission, scientists speculated about Saturn's largest moon, a mysterious orb clouded in orange haze. Finally, in 2005, the Cassini-Huygens probe successfully parachuted down through Titan's atmosphere, all the while transmitting images and data. In the early 1980's, when the two Voyager spacecraft skimmed past Titan, Saturn's largest moon, they transmitted back enticing images of a mysterious world concealed in a seemingly impenetrable orange haze. Titan Unveiled is one of the first general interest books to reveal the startling new discoveries that have been made since the arrival of the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and Titan. Ralph Lorenz and Jacqueline Mitton take readers behind the scenes of this mission. Launched in 1997, Cassini entered orbit around Saturn in summer 2004. Its formidable payload included the Huygens probe, which successfully parachuted down through Titan's atmosphere in early 2005, all the while transmitting images and data--and scientists were startled by what they saw. One of those researchers was Lorenz, who gives an insider's account of the scientific community's first close encounter with an alien landscape of liquid methane seas and turbulent orange skies. Amid the challenges and frayed nerves, new discoveries are made, including methane monsoons, equatorial sand seas, and Titan's polar hood. Lorenz and Mitton describe Titan as a world strikingly like Earth and tell how Titan may hold clues to the origins of life on our own planet and possibly to its presence on others. Generously illustrated with many stunning images, Titan Unveiled is essential reading for anyone interested in space exploration, planetary science, or astronomy. A new afterword brings readers up to date on Cassini's ongoing exploration of Titan, describing the many new discoveries made since 2006. 606 $aSaturn probes 607 $aTitan (Satellite) 607 $aTitan (Satellite)$xExploration 607 $aSaturn (Planet)$xSatellites 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSaturn probes. 676 $a523.986 700 $aLorenz$b Ralph$f1969-$01041159 701 $aMitton$b Jacqueline$053561 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459477703321 996 $aTitan unveiled$92464500 997 $aUNINA