Ice Worlds of the Solar System Their Tortured Landscapes and Biological Potential /

• Main Author: Carroll, Michael (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Astronomy.; Planetary science.; Planetology.; Astrobiology.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Planetary Sciences.

Although there is a chance that certain planets may be habitable for life, the moons of planets might have even more to offer. The ice moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune have taught us important lessons about new volcanic forms-cryovolcanism-and the bizarre landscapes sculpted by those eru...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Beginnings
• Chapter 2: Terrestrial Explorers Before the Space Age
• Chapter 3: A Survey through Lenses and Spacecraft Eyes
• Chapter 4: Ceres: The First Ice Dwarf Planet
• Chapter 5: The Silent Ice Moons: Callisto, Tethys, Dione, Iapetus, and Smaller Moons of the Outer Giants
• Chapter 6: Cryovolcanoes on Ice Moons
• Chapter 7: Sea Worlds
• Chapter 8: Titan
• Chapter 9: Pluto, "Ultima Thule," and the Lords of the Dark Realm. -Chapter 10: Potential Life Under the Ice: Planetary Porpoises and Cosmic Calamari. -Chapter 11: Future Explorations Robotic and Human
• Tables. -Index.