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Europa - The Ocean Moon
Search For An Alien Biosphere, Springer Praxis Books - Geophysical Sciences
ISBN/EAN: 9783642061264
Umbreit-Nr.: 1584649
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: xv, 380 S., 75 s/w Illustr., 380 p. 75 illus.
Format in cm:
Einband:
kartoniertes Buch
Erschienen am 12.02.2010
Auflage: 1/2005
- Zusatztext
- 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.
- Kurztext
- Provides a unique understanding of the Galileo Europa imagesExamines in detail the possibility of extra-terrestrial life in the moon's ocean
- Autorenportrait
- InhaltsangabeDiscovering 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.