Jupiter and Saturn
By: Linda T. Elkins-Tanton.
Series: Solar system
Publisher: Facts On File
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Jupiter (Planet) -- Popular works; Saturn (Planet) -- Popular works
Genres: Popular works.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Jupiter: fast facts about a planet in orbit; title: Fundamental information about Jupiter; title: What makes gravity?; title: The interior of Jupiter; title: Materials, temperatures, and pressures; title: Elements and isotopes; title: What is pressure?; title: Magnetic field; title: Radio noise; title: Jupiter's surface appearance and conditions; title: Remote sensing; title: Optical depth; title: Changes in Jupiter's surface within human history: storms; title: Changes in Jupiter's surface within human history: comet Shoemaker-Levy; title: Jupiter's rings and moons; title: The surprise of Jupiter's rings; title: Jupiter's moons; title: What are synchronous orbits and synchronous rotation?; title: Moment of inertia factor; title: Rheology, or how solids can flow; title: Missions to Jupiter; title: Saturn: fast facts about a planet in orbit; title: Fundamental information about Saturn; title: Saturn's interior: composition and magnetic field; title: Structure, temperature, pressure; title: Internal heat production; title: Magnetic field; title: Saturn's surface appearance and weather; title: Saturn's rings and moons; title: Rings; title: Why are there rings?; title: Giovanni Cassini (1625-1712); title: Saturn's moons; title: Fossa, sulci, and other terms for planetary landforms; title: Stable orbits for small bodies among much larger planets; title: Missions to Saturn; title: Conclusions: the known and the unknown; title: Appendix 1: units and measurements; title: Fundamental units; title: Comparisons among kelvin, celsius, and fahrenheit; title: Useful measures of distance; title: Definitions for electricity and magnetism; title: Prefixes; title: Appendix 2: light, wavelength, and radiation; title: Appendix 3: a list of all known moons.