Titan Unveiled

by Lorenz, Ralph

• ISBN13: 9780691146331
• ISBN10: 0691146330
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-07-01
• Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr

Summary

For 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. One of the researchers who made that mission possible was Ralph Lorenz.

Author Biography

Ralph Lorenz is a planetary scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Jacqueline Mitton is a writer, editor, and media consultant in astronomy. They are the coauthors of "Lifting Titan's Veil: Exploring the Giant Moon of Saturn".

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations and Tables	p. vii
Preface	p. xi
The Lure of Titan	p. 1
Waiting for Cassini	p. 21
Cassini Arrives	p. 67
Cassini's First Taste of Titan	p. 101
Landing on Titan	p. 132
The Mission Goes On	p. 174
Where we are and Where we are Going	p. 211
Afterword to the Paperback Edition	p. 233
Appendix: Summary of Dynamical and Physical Data	p. 255
Further Reading	p. 257
Index	p. 261
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