Satellites of the outer planets
Subtitle: worlds in their own right
By: David A. Rothery.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
Subjects: Outer planets -- Satellites
Description: "Extensively revised and updated, this new edition of this acclaimed geological guide to the outer solar system includes results and close-up color and black-and-white images from both the 1995-1999 Galileo mission to Jupiter and the Voyager space probe. Rothery explains the geological aspects of the major satellites of the outer planets, from Jupiter to Neptune and the Pluto-Charon system.

In particular he shows how tectonic and volcanic processes, driven by heat from within, have shaped the rigid outer layers of these worlds. Rothery also discusses the similarities and differences among them and the ways in which they resemble Earth-like planets."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-229) and index.