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The Three Galileos: The Man, The Spacecraft, The Telescope

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Editors:
  1. Cesare Barbieri

    1. University of Padova, Italy

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  2. Jürgen H. Rahe

    1. NASA Headquarters, USA

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  3. Torrence V. Johnson

    1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA

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  4. Anita M. Sohus

    1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA

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Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 220)

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Table of contents (41 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. The Man

    1. Galileo’s Telescopic Observations

      • G. V. Coyne
      Pages 1-6

    2. The Discovery by Galileo of Jupiter’s Moons

      • E. Bellone
      Pages 7-10

    3. The Abodes of Galileo Galilei in Padova

      • C. Bellinati
      Pages 11-16

  3. The Galileo Spacecraft

    1. Project Galileo—The Jupiter Mission

      • W. J. O’Neil
      Pages 17-32

    2. The German Contribution to Project Galileo

      • R. Killinger
      Pages 33-50

    3. Galileo at Jupiter: First Results

      • T. V. Johnson
      Pages 51-63

    4. Images from the Galileo Mission

      • M. J. S. Belton, The Galileo Imaging Team
      Pages 65-74

    5. The Galileo Spacecraft Architecture

      • W. J. O’Neil
      Pages 75-94

    6. The Galileo Spacecraft: A Communications Legacy for Future Space Flight

      • L. J. Deutsch
      Pages 95-106

    7. Galileo’s Telecommunications Using the Low-Gain Spacecraft Antenna

      • J. I. Statman, L. J. Deutsch
      Pages 107-113

    8. Navigation of the Galileo Spacecraft

      • L. A. D’Amario
      Pages 115-143

    9. Galileo Spacecraft Operations

      • M. R. Landano
      Pages 145-157

    10. Galileos’ Legacy to Cassini: Historical, Philosophical, and Physical

      • D. L. Matson, J. P. Lebreton
      Pages 159-176

  4. The Medicean Moons

    1. The Formation of Jupiter’s Satellites: Relation of Present Appearance with Past History

      • A. Coradini, G. Magni
      Pages 177-190

    2. Geology of Europa: Galileo Update

      • R. Greeley
      Pages 191-200

    3. Bombardment History of the Jovian System

      • G. Neukum
      Pages 201-212

    4. Atmospheres of the Medicean Moons

      • W.-H. Ip
      Pages 213-223

    5. The IO Plasma Torus

      • N. Thomas
      Pages 225-238

    6. Observations of Mutual Events between Jupiter Satellites

      • C. Blanco
      Pages 239-242
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About this book

The idea of having a conference in Padova describing the results obtained by the Galileo spacecraft and the characteristics of the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo began in 1995, when a number of colleagues from both sides of the Atlantic began exchanging suggestions and ideas. Looking at the schedules of the two teams, it was clear that the beginning of January 1997 would be a good time to hold the conference; these dates also luckily coincided with the dates of the memorable discovery of the Medicean moons of Jupiter by Galileo Galilei in Padova in 1610. To emphasize these three elements, the name of the conference was then proposed and accepted by the involved parties: NASA and JPL in the United States, the German space agency DARA, the University of Padova, and the Astronomical Observatory in Padova. I wish to recall a few key dates: In January 1610, Galileo--from his house in Padova--had the first hint of three and then four stars connected to Jupiter. In December 1995, the probe released from the spacecraft entered the atmosphere of Jupiter, and the spacecraft entered orbit about Jupiter. These extraordinary events were followed at JPL by a number of representatives of many institutions and space agencies. In June 1996, the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo was inaugurated by the King of Spain Juan Carlos I, in the presence of Prof. Luigi Berlinguer, Minister of University and Science. These ceremonies occurred as the spacecraft started touring the moon Europa.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Padova, Italy

    Cesare Barbieri

  • NASA Headquarters, USA

    Jürgen H. Rahe

  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA

    Torrence V. Johnson, Anita M. Sohus

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Three Galileos: The Man, The Spacecraft, The Telescope

  • Editors: Cesare Barbieri, Jürgen H. Rahe, Torrence V. Johnson, Anita M. Sohus

  • Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8790-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4861-0Published: 31 December 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4955-1Published: 15 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-8790-7Published: 14 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0067-0057

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 459

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Planetology, Automotive Engineering, History, general

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