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9780521195560

Galileo's Medicean Moons (IAU S269): Their Impact on 400 Years of Discovery

by Edited by Cesare Barbieri , Supriya Chakrabarti , Marcello Coradini , Monica Lazzarin
  • ISBN13:

    9780521195560

  • ISBN10:

    052119556X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2011-03-14
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Summary

IAU Symposium 269 celebrates the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's discovery of the Medicean Moons, Jupiter's four largest satellites, exploring the impact his findings have had on science and the humanities. Galileo's instrumental discovery and his belief that the planets and moons in our Solar System could be habitable worlds encouraged a deeper understanding of our place in the Universe. Today, ongoing space missions to Jupiter's moons, our own Moon, Mars, Saturn, and Enceladus, reveal our continued fascination with the possibilities of alien life, but this time with a focus on potential host sites for primitive life forms. These critical reviews examine our present knowledge of the Jupiter system, and consider how future space missions and improvements in telescopes will bolster the contemporary vision of our Solar System, of the many known extrasolar planetary systems, and of life forms beyond the Solar System.

Table of Contents

Preface
Galileo's telescopic observations: the marvel and meaning of discovery
Popular perceptions of Galileo
The slow growth of humility
A new physics to support the Copernican system. Gleanings from Galileo's works
The telescope in the making, the Galileo first telescopic observations
The appearance of the Medicean Moons in 17th century charts and books. How long did it take?
Navigation, world mapping and astrometry with Galileo's moons
Modern exploration of Galileo's new worlds
Medicean Moons sailing through plasma seas: challenges in establishing magnetic properties
Aurora on Jupiter: a magnetic connection with the Sun and the Medicean Moons
Io's escaping atmosphere: continuing the legacy of surprise
The Jovian Rings
The Juno mission Scott
Seeking Europa's ocean
Europa lander mission: a challenge to find traces of alien life
Atmospheric moons Galileo would have loved
The study of Mercury
Jupiter and the other giants: a comparative study
Spectroscopic and spectrometric differentiation between abiotic and biogenic material on icy worlds
Other worlds, other civilizations?
Concluding remarks
Posters
Author index
Object index
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