Satellites of the Outer Solar System: Exchange Processes Involving the Interiors

Book Overview

Recent space missions to the outer solar system, Galileo (1996-2003) and Cassini-Huygens (2004-today), together with ground observations, have revealed that the moons of the outer solar system are enigmatic objects, introducing extraordinary challenges for geologists, astrobiologists, organic chemists, and planetologists. Chemical exchange exists through the different layers that form their interiors, and also from the interior to the surface. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461427800
• ISBN13: 9781461427803
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"