Unmasking Europa : the search for life on Jupiter's ocean moon /

Jupiter's ice moon Europa is widely regarded as the most likely place to find extraterrestrial life. This book tells the engaging story of Europa, the oceanic moon. It features a large number of stunning images of the ocean moon's surface, clearly displaying the spectacular crack patterns,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Greenberg, Richard J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer, 2008.
Colección:Springer-Praxis books in geophysical sciences.
Temas:
Physics.
Planetary science.
Astronomy.
Astrophysics.
Exobiology.
Physics
Astronomy
Physique.
Planétologie.
Astronomie.
Astrophysique.
Exobiologie.
physics.
astronomy.
astrophysics.
Astrophysics
Exobiology
Planetary science
Europa (Satellite)
Europa (Satellite) > Aerial exploration.
Jupiter (Planet) > Satellites.
Europe (Satellite)
Europe (Satellite) > Exploration aérienne.
Jupiter (Planète) > Satellites.
Observations
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Jupiter's ice moon Europa is widely regarded as the most likely place to find extraterrestrial life. This book tells the engaging story of Europa, the oceanic moon. It features a large number of stunning images of the ocean moon's surface, clearly displaying the spectacular crack patterns, extensive rifts and ridges, and refrozen pools of exposed water filled with rafts of displaced ice. Coverage also features firsthand accounts of Galileo's mission to Jupiter and its moons. The book tells the rough and tumble inside story of a very human enterprise in science that lead to the discovery of a f.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (285 pages)
ISBN:9780387096766
0387096760

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