Philips Atlas of the Universe

THE SOLAR SYSTEM Phobos is spiralling slowly downwards at the rate of about 18 metres (60 feet) per century, in which case it ma ...

ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE Map of Mars T he map of Mars given here shows many features which can be seen with a ...

THE SOLAR SYSTEM MAIN TYPES OF FEATURES Catena– line or chain of craters, e.g. Tithonia Catena. Chaos– areas of broken terrain, ...

Hubble Views of Mars E xcellent images of Mars have been obtained from the Hubble Space Telescope, which has the advantage of be ...

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 Launch of Mars Global Surveyoron its 10-month journey to Mars. Its five instruments are similar to or backup ...

ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE The Search for Life on Mars T he most successful Mars probes to date have been the two Vikings, each of wh ...

THE SOLAR SYSTEM certain only when we can examine Martian material in our laboratories, and this should be possible before long; ...

The Pathfinder Mission O n 2 December 1996 a new probe was launched towards Mars: Pathfinder, which carried a small ‘rover’, Soj ...

Pathfinder was not designed to search for traces of life; this will be the task of later missions, and even as Sojourner was cra ...

Asteroids ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE B eyond the orbit of Mars lies the main belt of asteroids or minor planets. Only one (Ceres) is ...

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Asteroid 243 Ida with its satellite, Dactyl, imaged on 28 August 1993 by the Galileo spacecraft. Ida is a mem ...

Exceptional Asteroids ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE N ot all asteroids are confined to the main swarm. There are the Trojans, for exampl ...

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Asteroid 4015. This was discovered by Eleanor Helin in 1979. It was subsequently found to be identical with Co ...

Jupiter ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE J upiter, first of the giant planets, lies well beyond the main asteroid zone. It is the senior me ...

THE SOLAR SYSTEM PLANETARY DATA – JUPITER ▼ The south-east quadrant of Jupiter: 18 November 2001, seen from the Cassini vehicle. ...

The Changing Face of Jupiter J upiter is a favourite target for users of small or moderate telescopes. The main features are the ...

tion periods of the various features. The procedure is to time the moment when the feature crosses the central meridian of the p ...

Missions to Jupiter S everal spacecraft have now passed by Jupiter. First there were Pioneer 10 (December 1973) and Pioneer 11 ( ...

THE SOLAR SYSTEM 60 40 20 60 40 20 40 60 80 100 RJ 20 20 40 ▲ Jupiter with satellites seen from Voyager. Europa is to the right, ...

Impacts on Jupiter T here have been two recent impacts on Jupiter – one natural, one man-made. Each has provided us with a great ...