Voyage to Jupiter :: CONTENTS

CONTENTS

Foreword v
Introduction vii
Acknowledgment ix
Chapter 1. The Jovian System 1
Chapter 2. Pioneers to Jupiter 11
Chapter 3. The Voyager Mission 23
Chapter 4. Science and Scientists 33
Chapter 5. The Voyage to Jupiter—Getting There 47
Chapter 6. The First Encounter 63
Chapter 7. The Second Encounter: More Surprises From the “Land” of the Giant 93
Chapter 8. Jupiter—King of the Planets 117
Chapter 9. Four New Worlds 139
Chapter 10. Return to Jupiter 169
Appendix A. Pictorial Maps of the Galilean Satellites 177
Appendix B. Voyager Science Teams 195
Appendix C. Voyager Management Team 197
Additional Reading 199

Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system—a gaseous world as large as 1300 Earths, marked by alternating bands of colored clouds and a dazzling complexity of storm systems. The Voyager mission gave us our first close look at this spectacular planet. [P-21085]

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