Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations used in this book
- Introduction: Why observe the planets?
- 1 The Solar System
- 2 The celestial sphere
- 3 Telescopes and accessories
- 4 The atmosphere and seeing
- 5 Mercury
- 6 Venus
- 7 Mars
- 8 The minor planets (asteroids)
- 9 Jupiter
- 10 Saturn
- 11 Uranus
- 12 Neptune
- 13 Pluto
- 14 Constructing maps and planispheres
- 15 Planetary photography and videography
- 16 Photoelectric photometry of the minor planets, planets and their satellites
- Appendix: Milestones in Solar System exploration
- Name index
- Subject index
9 - Jupiter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations used in this book
- Introduction: Why observe the planets?
- 1 The Solar System
- 2 The celestial sphere
- 3 Telescopes and accessories
- 4 The atmosphere and seeing
- 5 Mercury
- 6 Venus
- 7 Mars
- 8 The minor planets (asteroids)
- 9 Jupiter
- 10 Saturn
- 11 Uranus
- 12 Neptune
- 13 Pluto
- 14 Constructing maps and planispheres
- 15 Planetary photography and videography
- 16 Photoelectric photometry of the minor planets, planets and their satellites
- Appendix: Milestones in Solar System exploration
- Name index
- Subject index
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- The Planet Observer's Handbook , pp. 209 - 269Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2000