Alien Seas : Oceans in Space
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In the early days of planetary observation, oceans were thought to exist in all corners of the Solar System. Carbonated seas percolated beneath the clouds of Venus. Features on the Moon's surface were given names such as "the Bay of Rainbows” and the "Ocean of Storms." With the advent of modern telescopes and spacecraft exploration these ancient concepts of planetary seas have been replaced by the reality of something even more exotic. Alien Seas serves up the current research, past be ...; [leggi tutto]
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| Descrizione | Alien Seas : Oceans in Space / edited by Michael Carroll, Rosaly Lopes. - XI, 119 p. 105 ill., 60 ill. in color ; online resource |
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Acknowledgments -- Foreword by James Cameron -- 1. Introduction: Oceans on Earth and Elsewhere by Michael Carroll -- Chapter 2. Chasing the Lost Oceans of Venus by David Grinspoon -- Chapter 3. Oceans on Mars by Timothy Parker -- Chapter 4. Seas of Molten Rock by Rosaly Lopes -- Chapter 5. Jupiter’s Water Worlds: Water Lurks Beneath the Surfaces of Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto by Robert Pappalardo -- Chapter 6. Oceans At The Outer Limits: Enceladus, Outer Moons, Pluto by John Spencer -- Chapter 7. Sand Seas of the Solar System by Jani Radebaugh -- Chapter 8. Exotic Seas: Titan's Methane/Ethane Lakes by Karl Mitchell -- Chapter 9. The Seas of Saturn by Kevin Baines and Mona Delitsky -- 10. The Alien Seas of Earth: Astrobiological Implications by Chris McKay -- Chapter 11. Seas of the Milky Way by Jeffrey Bennett -- About the Authors. - Springer eBooks. - Printed edition: 9781461474722
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