Index 961
subsonic flow, 111–112
Sun-Earth connection, 219
termination, 110–112
turbulence, 115
Ulyssesspacecraft, velocity
measurement, 217
waves, 115
solar wind plasma, 99
compression, by driver/ejecta from
CME, 220
electrical conductivity, 101
ICME identification, 101
kinetic properties, 112–114
magnetized, 218
slow/fast, 104
thermal conductor, 101
solar wind stream
asymmetric, 102
coronal hole origination, 102
evolution
with heliocentric distance, 104–106
three-dimensional aspect, 106
two/three dimensions, 105–106
high-speed/recurrent, 102
kinetic stream steepening/dynamic
response, 104
nonuniform, 102
structure, 102–103
Sun-Earth connection, 216
Solid State Imaging System (SSI), 423
solid surfaces, observations
asteroids/comets, 678–679
Enceladus, 675–677
Galilean satellites, 672–674
Icy satellites, comparisons, 677–678
Mercury, 679–680
Moon, 679–680
planetary rings, 680
Pluto/Charon, 678
Saturnian satellites, 674–675
Uranian satellites, 677
sounding
electromagnetic, Moon, 236
near-infrared, Venus, 142
South African Large Telescope, 724
South Pole-Aitken Basin (Moon), 231,
236
South Pole-Aitken Terrane
(SPAT)(Moon), 246
space
interstellar
dilute gas, 110
ionized particles, 110
weak magnetic field, 110
space debris, 622
space missions
to asteroids, 363–364
Deep Space 1flyby, 363
Galileoflyby, 363
Hayabusa, 25143 Itokawa, 363–364
Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous,
363
Cassini-Huygensmission, 375, 536
dust detectors, 628, 629, 630–631
energetic particle detector, 536
Saturn’s satellites, 375
to comets, 557–560
from Earth, 877–878
to Jupiter,Voyagermissions, 451,
643
to Mars
Marinermissions, 882–883
Mars Exploration Rovers, site
selection, 334
Mars Odysseyorbiter, 301, 883
Mars Pathfinder, 333, 334
Phobos satellite, 370, 371, 373–374,
882
Sojourner, 331, 340, 341, 342
Spiritmissions, 301, 327, 328, 335,
337
Spiritrover Mars, 328
Vikingmissions, 316, 331, 333, 882
to Mercury
Mariner 10, 875–876
Messenger, 876
to Moon, 240, 878–881
Apollomissions, 879–880
Clementinemission, 881
Lunamissions, 878, 879, 880–881
Lunar Orbitermissions, 879
Rangermissions, 878
Smart-1mission, 881
Surveyormissions, 879
Zondmissions, 879
to outer planets/moons, 885–886
planetary ring observations, 503–504
program evolution
launch services, 870
management, 873
operations, 872–873
reliability/quality assurance,
873
spacecraft, 871–872
tracking/data acquisition, 870–871
to small bodies, 883–885
to Sun/heliosphere, 873–875
Ace, 875
Genesis, 875
Helios, 874
Isee-3, 874
Pioneer 6,7,8,9, 874
Rhessi, 875
Soho, 874–875
Solar Maximum mission(SMM),
874
Ulysses, 874
Yohkoh, 874to Venus
Galileoflyby, 139, 877
Magellanradar mapping mission,
139, 877
Mariner 2, 876
Orbitermission, 139
Pioneer Venus Large Probemission,
144
Pioneer Venus Multiprobemission,
139, 140
Pioneer Venus Orbitermission,
140–141, 876
VEGAspacecraft mission, 660, 876
Veneraspacecraft missions,
139–140, 141, 147, 876
space probes
of Russia, 100
of United States, 100
space weather
solar flares/CMEs, 213
Sun-Earth connection, 221
spacecraft explorations/observations
of comets, 557–560
Mars, 315–317
satellites, 373, 451–452
Spacewatch, University of Arizona, 290
speckles, 892
spectra, Triton, 485
spectral absorptions, Ganymede, 450
spectral reflectance
Clementinespacecraft, 271
historical, Triton, 489
meteorite-asteroid connection, 269
spectrometry
equipment
BGO (red) spectrometer, 774
HPGe spectrometer, 773, 774, 782
scintillation-based spectrometer,
773
inductively coupled plasma mass, 30
spatial resolution, 775
ultraviolet-visible,MESSENGER, 660
spectroscopy
gamma ray, 765
nuclear, 765–786
satellite observations, 371
Venus atmosphere, 140
spherically symmetrical Earth model
(SSEM), 205
spin axes, of planets, 528, 543–544
Spiritrover, Mars, 327, 328, 337
SPITZER infrared space telescope, 899
Spitzer Infrared Space Telescope Facility
(SIRTF)
heliocentric orbit behind Earth, 687
images
P/Johnson comet, 689
P/Shoemaker-Levy 3 comet, 689
thermal infrared operational, 683