Overview
- Editors:
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C. T. Russell
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Institute of Geophysics & Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
- First book on the New Horizons Mission
- Complete description of the mission and payload
- Essential to understanding the observations returned by the mission
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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- Glen H. Fountain, David Y. Kusnierkiewicz, Christopher B. Hersman, Timothy S. Herder, Thomas B. Coughlin, William C. Gibson et al.
Pages 23-47
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- Yanping Guo, Robert W. Farquhar
Pages 49-74
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- H. A. Weaver, W. C. Gibson, M. B. Tapley, L. A. Young, S. A. Stern
Pages 75-91
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- Leslie A. Young, S. Alan Stern, Harold A. Weaver, Fran Bagenal, Richard P. Binzel, Bonnie Buratti et al.
Pages 93-127
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- Dennis C. Reuter, S. Alan Stern, John Scherrer, Donald E. Jennings, James W. Baer, John Hanley et al.
Pages 129-154
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- S. Alan Stern, David C. Slater, John Scherrer, John Stone, Greg Dirks, Maarten Versteeg et al.
Pages 155-187
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- A. F. Cheng, H. A. Weaver, S. J. Conard, M. F. Morgan, O. Barnouin-Jha, J. D. Boldt et al.
Pages 189-215
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- G. L. Tyler, I. R. Linscott, M. K. Bird, D. P. Hinson, D. F. Strobel, M. Pätzold et al.
Pages 217-259
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- D. McComas, F. Allegrini, F. Bagenal, P. Casey, P. Delamere, D. Demkee et al.
Pages 261-313
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- Ralph L. McNutt Jr., Stefano A. Livi, Reid S. Gurnee, Matthew E. Hill, Kim A. Cooper, G. Bruce Andrews et al.
Pages 315-385
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- M. Horányi, V. Hoxie, D. James, A. Poppe, C. Bryant, B. Grogan et al.
Pages 387-402
About this book
New Horizons: Reconnaissance of the Pluto–Charon System and the Kuiper Belt C. T. Russell Originally published in the journal Space Science Reviews, Volume 140, Nos 1–4, 1–2. DOI: 10. 1007/s11214-008-9450-0 © Springer Science+Business Media B. V. 2008 Exploration is mankind’s imperative. Since the beginnings of civilization, men and women have not been content to build a wall around their settlements and stay within its con nes. They explored the land around them, climbed the mountains, and scanned the horizons. The boldest among them pushed exploration to the most distant frontiers of the planet. As a result, much of the Earth was inhabited well before the days of the renowned European - th th plorers of the 15 and 16 centuries. Exploration did not cease, after the circumnavigation of the globe; it continued to the present. Today explorers are going in new directions, not just east and west, north and south. They explore backward in time and upward in space. Arc- ology explores the shorter time scales, and geochemistry the longer time scales of geophy- cal events: asteroidal and cometary collisions, magnetic reversals, continental formation and more. However, on Earth we cannot go back inde nitely, for much of the evidence of the very earliest days has been lost.
Editors and Affiliations
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Institute of Geophysics & Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
C. T. Russell
