Exploring the Ocean Worlds of Our Solar System
In the past 25 years, planetary science has undergone a revolution with the discovery of vast oceans of liquid water within the icy moons of our Solar System. These subsurface oceans are concealed beneath thick ice layers. We refer to these moons and similar ocean-bearing planetary objects as ocean...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Nature Switzerland
2024, 2024
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. 2024 |
| Series: | Astronomers' Universe
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Part 1: Water and Life
- Chapter 1: The Voyagers’ Tale
- Chapter 2: The Frost Line
- Chapter 3: Life on Earth and in Space
- Part 2: Confirmed Ocean Worlds
- Chapter 4: Ganymede
- Chapter 5: Callisto
- Chapter 6: Europa
- Chapter 7: Titan
- Chapter 8: Enceladus
- Part 3: Potential New Ocean Worlds
- Chapter 9: Ceres, Ariel, and Dione
- Chapter 10: Triton and Pluto
- Chapter 11: The Possible Others
- Part 4: Future Missions to the Ocean Worlds
- Chapter 12: Confirmed and Proposed Missions to the Ocean Worlds