Name: Saturn
Author: Matthews, Mildred Shapley
ISBN: 9780816508297

Saturn

edited by Tom Gehrels and Mildred Shapley Matthews

University of Arizona Press, 1984
eISBN: 978-0-8165-5452-2 | Cloth: 978-0-8165-0829-7
Library of Congress Classification QB671.S23 1984
Dewey Decimal Classification 523.46

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ABOUT THIS BOOK

Originally published in 1984

From the original publication:
The Saturn system is the most complex in the solar system, and this book is to summarize it all: the planet, rings, satellites, the magnetospheres, and the interaction with the interplanetary medium. The effective date of the material is approximately November 1983.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents

Collaborating Authors

Preface

Part I. Introduction

The Saturn System / E. C. Stone and T. C. Owen

Saturn through the Telescope: A Brief Historical Survey / A. Van Helden

Part II. Saturn

Interior Structure of Saturn / W. B. Hubbard and D. J. Stevenson

Composition and Chemistry of Saturn's Atmosphere / R. G. Prinn, H. P. Larson, J. J. Caldwell, and D. Gautier

Clouds and Aerosols in Saturn's Atmosphere / M. G. Tomasko, R. A. West, G. S. Orton, and V. G. Tejfel

Structure and Dynamics of Saturn's Atmosphere / A. P. Ingersoll, R. F. Beebe, B. J. Conrath, and G. E. Hunt

Theory, Measurements, and Models of the Upper Atmosphere and Ionosphere of Saturn / S. K. Atreya, J. H. Waite, Jr., T. M. Donahue, A. F. Nagy, and J. C. McConnell

Part III. Magnetosphere

Energetic Particles in the Inner Magnetosphere of Saturn / J. A. Van Allen

Measurements of Plasma, Plasma Waves, and Suprathermal Charged Particles in Saturn's Inner Magnetosphere / F. L. Scarf, L. A. Frank, D. A. Gurnett, L. J. Lanzerotti, A. Lazarus, and E. C. Sittler, Jr.

Magnetic Field Models / J. E. P. Connerney, L. Davis, Jr., and D. L. Chenette

Saturn as a Radio Source / M. L. Kaiser, M. D. Desch, W. S. Kurth, A. Lecacheux, F. Genova, B. M. Pedersen, and D. R. Evans

The Outer Magnetosphere / A. W. Schardt, K. W. Behannon, R. P. Lepping, J. F. Carbary, A. Eviatar, and G. L. Siscoe

Part IV. Rings

Saturn's Rings: Structure, Dynamics, and Particle Properties / L. W. Esposito, J. N. Cuzzi, J. B. Holberg, E. A. Marouf, G. L. Tyler, and C. C. Porco

Electrodynamic Processes in the Ring System of Saturn / D. A. Mendis, J. R. Hill, W.-H. Ip, C. K. Goertz, and E. Grün

Part V. Satellites

Orbital Resonances among Saturn's Satellites / R. Greenberg

Satellites of Saturn: Geological Perspective / D. Morrison, T. V. Johnson, E. M. Shoemaker, L. A. Soderblom, P. Thomas, J. Veverka, and B. A. Smith

Satellites of Saturn: Optical Properties / D. P. Cruikshank, J. Veverka, and L. A. Lebofsky

Part VI. Titan

Titan / D. M. Hunten, M. G. Tomasko, F. M. Flasar, R. E. Samuelson, D. F. Strobel, and D. J. Stevenson

Titan's Magnetospheric Interaction / F. M. Neubauer, D. A. Gurnett, J. D. Scudder, and R. E. Hartle

Organic Matter in the Saturn System / C. Sagan, B. N. Khare, and J. S. Lewis

Part VII. Origin

Origin and Evolution of the Saturn System / J. B. Pollack and G. Consolmagno

Color Section

Bibliography / T. S. Mullin

Glossary / T. S. Mullin

List of Contributors with Acknowledgments to Funding Agencies

Index / M. A. Matthews

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