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Voyage To Jupiter
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 THE JOVIAN SYSTEM
Introduction
Early Discoveries
Jupiter Through the Telescope
Recent Earth-Based Studies of Jupiter
The Jovian Magnetosphere
The Jovian Satellites
CHAPTER 2 PIONEERS TO JUPITER
Reaching for the Outer Planets
The Pioneer Jupiter Mission
Flight to Jupiter
Jupiter Results
Photographs of Jupiter.
Thermal Emission.
Helium in the Atmosphere.
PIONEER SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS Project Scientist: J. H. Wolfe, NASA Ames
Atmospheric Structure.
Internal Structure.
Magnetic Field.
Satellite Atmospheres.
Masses of Jupiter and Its Satellites.
The Inner Magnetosphere.
The Outer Magnetosphere.
CHAPTER 3 THE VOYAGER MISSION
Genesis of Voyager
Redesign of the Mission
The Objectives of Voyager
The Spacecraft
CHAPTER 4 SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS
Introduction
Direct and Remote Measurements
Imaging
Infrared Spectrometer
Ultraviolet Spectrometer
Photopolarimeter
Planetary Radio Astronomy
Magnetometer
Plasma Particles
Plasma Waves
Low Energy Charged Particles
Cosmic Rays
Radio Science
CHAPTER 5 THE VOYAGE TO JUPITER—GETTING THERE
Launch
The First Year Is the Roughest
Cruise Phase Science
The Observatory Phase
Far Encounter Phase
CHAPTER 6 THE FIRST ENCOUNTER
The Giant Is Full of Surprises
Thursday, February 22.
Tuesday, February 27.
Wednesday, February 28.
Thursday, March 1.
Friday, March 2.
Saturday, March 3.
Sunday, March 4.
Monday, March 5.
Tuesday, March 6.
Wednesday, March 7.
Thursday, March 8.
Fire and Brimstone
CHAPTER 7 THE SECOND ENCOUNTER: MORE SURPRISES FROM THE “LAND” OF THE GIANT
Approaching Jupiter
The Encounter
Wednesday, July 4.
Thursday, July 5.
Friday, July 6.
Saturday, July 7.
Sunday, July 8.
Monday, July 9.
Tuesday, July 10.
Wednesday, July 11.
A New Satellite
CHAPTER 8 JUPITER—KING OF THE PLANETS
A Star That Failed
Composition and Atmospheric Structure
Weather on Jupiter
Order out of Chaos
Lights in the Night Sky
Magnetic Field
The Magnetosphere
Rings of Jupiter
CHAPTER 9 FOUR NEW WORLDS
Jupiter’s Satellite System
Callisto
Ganymede
Europa
Io
Energy for the Io Volcanoes
The Io Torus
CHAPTER 10 RETURN TO JUPITER
A Successor to Voyager
The Scientific Capability of Galileo
Galileo Mission Design
Beyond Galileo
APPENDIX A PICTORIAL MAPS OF THE GALILEAN SATELLITES
Preliminary Pictorial Map of Callisto
Preliminary Pictorial Map of Ganymede
Preliminary Pictorial Map of Europa
Preliminary Pictorial Map of Io
APPENDIX B VOYAGER SCIENCE TEAMS
Imaging Science
Radio Science
Plasma Wave
Infrared Spectroscopy and Radiometry
Ultraviolet Spectroscopy
Photopolarimetry
Planetary Radio Astronomy
Magnetic Fields
Plasma Science
Low-Energy Charged Particles
Cosmic Ray
APPENDIX C VOYAGER MANAGEMENT TEAM
NASA Office of Space Science
NASA Office of Space Tracking and Data Systems
NASA Office of Space Transportation Systems
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
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