Exploring the Ocean Worlds of Our Solar System
暫譯: 探索我們太陽系的海洋世界
Henin, Bernard
- 出版商: Springer
- 出版日期: 2024-09-21
- 售價: $2,380
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $2,261
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 267
- 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
- ISBN: 3031629558
- ISBN-13: 9783031629556
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相關分類:
物理學 Physics
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商品描述
In the past 25 years, planetary science has undergone a revolution with the discovery of vast oceans of liquid water within the icy moons of our Solar System. These subsurface oceans are concealed beneath thick ice layers. We refer to these moons and similar ocean-bearing planetary objects as ocean worlds.
In this 2nd edition, we delve into and compare the latest scientific discoveries on 22 confirmed or potential ocean worlds, ranging from the giant asteroid Ceres and the icy moons Europa and Enceladus to the distant dwarf planets of the outer Solar System such as Pluto, Sedna, and Eris. Along the way, we explore the contributions of multiple spacecraft, such as the Pioneers, the Voyagers, Galileo, Cassini-Huygens, and many others, which have provided much of our current knowledge about these worlds, as well as the latest scientific research on this subject.
This book also explores the potential for life on each of the confirmed ocean worlds evaluating their habitability. Ultimately, these might hold the key to answering fundamental questions about life: How did life begin? Is there life beyond Earth? Where do we come from? With contributions from leading planetary scientists at NASA, ESA, and other institutions, this book aims to be the definitive reference for anyone interested in this captivating subject.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
在過去的25年中，行星科學經歷了一場革命，隨著在我們太陽系的冰冷衛星中發現了廣大的液態水海洋。這些地下海洋隱藏在厚厚的冰層之下。我們將這些衛星及類似的擁有海洋的行星物體稱為海洋世界。
在本書的第二版中，我們深入探討並比較22個已確認或潛在的海洋世界的最新科學發現，這些世界包括巨型小行星谷神星（Ceres）、冰冷的衛星歐羅巴（Europa）和恩克拉多斯（Enceladus），以及遙遠的外太陽系矮行星，如冥王星（Pluto）、塞德娜（Sedna）和厄里斯（Eris）。在此過程中，我們探索了多個太空探測器的貢獻，如先驅者號（Pioneers）、旅行者號（Voyagers）、伽利略號（Galileo）、卡西尼-惠更斯號（Cassini-Huygens）等，這些探測器提供了我們目前對這些世界的知識，以及該主題的最新科學研究。
本書還探討了每個已確認海洋世界的生命潛力，評估它們的宜居性。最終，這些可能是回答有關生命的基本問題的關鍵：生命是如何開始的？地球之外是否存在生命？我們的起源是什麼？本書匯集了來自NASA、ESA及其他機構的領先行星科學家的貢獻，旨在成為對這一迷人主題感興趣的讀者的權威參考資料。
作者簡介
Bernard fell in love with planetary science when, as a teenager reading National Geographic, he came across images of Neptune taken from Nasa's spacecraft Voyager 2. He was mesmerized by the giant blue planet, and found it both exhilarating and liberating to think that entire new worlds could be explored. Since then, Bernard has closely followed humanity's continued exploration of our Solar System. Henin is a professional science writer working for organizations throughout the world and has been a member of the Sherwood Observatory in the United Kingdom, home to the second largest telescope in the country that is freely accessible for public viewing. Originally from Belgium, Bernard has also lived in the USA, the United Kingdom, and Hong Kong. His previous books with Springer includes the first edition of the 'Exploring the Ocean Worlds of our Solar System' and 'Imaging our Solar System'.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
伯納德在青少年時期閱讀《國家地理》時，第一次接觸到行星科學，當時他看到了來自NASA太空船旅行者2號拍攝的海王星影像。他被這顆巨大的藍色行星所吸引，並且覺得思考整個新世界可以被探索是既令人興奮又令人解放的。從那時起，伯納德一直密切關注人類對我們太陽系的持續探索。亨寧是一位專業的科學作家，為全球各地的組織工作，並且是英國舍伍德天文台的成員，該天文台擁有全國第二大望遠鏡，並對公眾免費開放參觀。伯納德來自比利時，曾在美國、英國和香港生活。他與施普林格出版社合作的前幾本書包括《探索我們太陽系的海洋世界》的第一版和《成像我們的太陽系》。
