Richard Greenberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
0e druk, 2010
9783642061264
Europa – The Ocean Moon
Search For An Alien Biosphere
Specificaties
Paperback, 380 blz.
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Engels
Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
0e druk, 2010
ISBN13: 9783642061264
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Onderdeel van serie
Springer Praxis Books
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Samenvatting
This story of the Galileo spacecraft probe to Jupiter`s moon provides a unique understanding of the Galileo images of Europa, and examines in detail the physical setting that might sustain extra-terrestrial life in Europa's ocean and icy crust.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9783642061264
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:380
Uitgever:Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Druk:0
Serie:Springer Praxis Books
Inhoudsopgave
Discovering Europa.- Water World.- Touring the surface.- Politics and intellect: Converting images into ideas and knowledge.- Tides.- Tides and resonance.- Tides and rotation.- Tides and stress.- Tidal heating.- Tides and orbital evolution.- Understanding Europa.- Global cracking and non-synchronous rotation.- Building ridges.- Dilation of cracks.- Strike-slip.- Return to Astypalaea.- Cycloids.- Rotation revisited.- Chaos.- Crust convergence.- The scars of impact.- Pits and uplifts.- Life on Earth and Europa.- The bandwagon.- The biosphere.- The exploration to come.
