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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

Astronomy professor Beebe has worked for NASA during all six Voyager encounters and as part of the Hubble Space Telescope team. Now, in her first book, she shares her extensive knowledge about the great planet Jupiter. 318 times as massive as the earth, and surrounded by 16 moons and equatorial rings of debris, Jupiter can be studied as the center of a miniature solar system, a perspective that enables scientists to understand our galaxy's past and attempt to predict its future.

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GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Contents.

-Introduction.

-Part I. A Historical Review.

-1- From Mythology to Robotic Exploration.

-Part II. Jupiter's Atmosphere and Interior.

-2- Jupiter's Atmosphere.
-3- The Red Spot and Other Cloud Systems.
-4- Jupiter's Interior.
-5- Temperature and Cloud Structure Versus Height.
-6- Spectroscopic Analysis of the Atmosphere.
-7- Ongoing Atmospheric Research.

-Part III. Satellites and Rings.

-8- Discovery of Jupiter's Satellites.
-9- Pre-Voyager Knowledge of the Galilean Satellites.
-10- Callisto and Ganymede.
-11- Europa, Io, and Amalthea.
-12- Jupiter's Ring.

-Part IV. The Magnetosphere.

-13- The Discovery and Investigation of Jupiter's Magnetic Field.
-14- Jupiter's Magnetosphere.
-15- Pioneer and Voyager Observations of the Magnetosphere.

-Part V. Conclusion.

-16- Future Observations of the Jovian System.
-17- The Collision.

-Epilogue.

-Appendix 1. Physical Parameters of Jupiter and the Satellites.

-Appendix 2. Color, Wavelength, Frequency, and Wave Number.

-Appendix 3. Systems of Longitude and Latitude.

-Appendix 4. Temperature Scales.

-Appendix 5. Operation of an Interferometer.

-Appendix 6. Radiation from a Warm Body.

-Additional Readings.

-Index.

OUR REVIEW

After working for NASA for years, Beebe decided to prepare a book about his great passion: Jupiter. Thus Beeber has not written a technical work but one aimed at all kinds of readers. She begins with a historical review of the biggest planet and then describes its atmosphere, its insides, the multiple satellites and rings surrounding it, as well as its powerful magnetosphere. Given its recent publication, it also includes some graphics and photographs of the impact of the comet Shoemaker Levy-9. This work is adequately illustrated, with a good number of color pictures, graphics and drawings. The book is completed with several annexes to explain such questions as the physical parameters of Jupiter and its satellites, systems of longitude and latitude, temperature scales, use of interferometers, readings, etc. One of the most attractive aspects of the book is the fact that the texts are very up-to-date, and they contain the latest information we know about Jupiter, except for whatever the Galileo probe has just begun to send us in the last months. This fact could well justify a second edition of the book in the next few years.