Lifting Titan's Veil: Exploring the Giant Moon of Saturn

by Jacqueline Mitton and Ralph Lorenz

Lifting Titan's Veil is a revealing account of the second largest moon in our solar system. This world in orbit around Saturn is the only body in the solar system with an atmosphere strikingly similar to Earth's. Titan is like a giant frozen laboratory that may help scientists understand the first chemical steps towards the origin of life. Beginning with its discovery in 1655, the authors describe our current knowledge of Titan, including observations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521793483
• ISBN13: 9780521793483
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"