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Astronomy 2e

For Further Exploration

Astronomy 2eFor Further Exploration

For Further Exploration

Articles

Jupiter

Aguirre, E. “Hubble Zooms in on Jupiter’s New Red Spot.” Sky & Telescope (August 2006): 26. On patterns that develop in Jupiter’s chaotic atmosphere.

Evans, B. “How Juno Unmasked Jupiter.” Astronomy (August 2022): 16. On mission results and images.

Hansen-Koharcheck, C. “Junocam at Jupiter: Where Science Meets Art.” Sky & Telescope (May 2019): 14. Juno mission images, as interpreted by various image processors.

Talcott, R. “JWST Sets its Sights on Jupiter.” Astronomy (February 2023): 36. On new Webb infrared images of the giant planet.

Saturn

Kruesi, L. “Cassini Unveils Saturn.” Astronomy (March 2018): 20. What the mission taught us.

McEwen, A. “Cassini Unveils Saturn.” Astronomy (July 2006): 30. A report on the first two years of discoveries in the Saturn system.

Spilker, L. “Saturn Revolution.” Astronomy (October 2008): 34. On results from the Cassini mission.

Talcott, R. “Saturn’s Sweet Surprises.” Astronomy (June 2007): 52. On Cassini mission results.

Uranus and Neptune

Bakich, M. “Observe the Ice Giants (Uranus & Neptune).” Astronomy (October 2019): 52. How to observe the two outer planets in amateur telescopes.

Bell, T. “Discovering Neptune: What Really Happened.” Sky & Telescope (September 2022): 32. New details about the prediction and discovery of the 8th planet.

Cowling, T. “Big Blue: The Twin Worlds of Uranus and Neptune.” Astronomy (October 1990): 42. Nice, long review of the two planets.

Croswell, K. “Uranus and Neptune: The Neglected Planets.” Sky & Telescope (December 2019): 16. Introduction to the ice-giant planets and their moons.

Davis, J. “The Mystery and Majesty of the Ice Giants.” Astronomy (December 2020): 40. Review of what Voyager taught us about both planets, what we would like to learn, and possible future missions.

Lakdawalla, E. “Sights Set on Uranus” Sky & Telescope (July 2023): 14. What we know and on future missions to the planet now being envisioned.

Sheehan, W. “Finding Neptune.” Astronomy (February 2022): 26. History of its discovery.

Websites

Missions to the Giant Planets

Cassini-Huygens Mission Site at European Space Agency: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Cassini-Huygens.

Cassini Mission Site at the Jet Propulsion Lab: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/cassini/overview/.

NASA Galileo Mission Site: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/galileo/overview/.

NASA’s Juno Mission to Jupiter: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/juno/overview/ or https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/.

Voyager Mission Site at the Jet Propulsion Lab: https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/.

Jupiter

NASA Data Center Website: https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planets/jupiterpage.html.

NASA’s Solar System Exploration Site: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/jupiter/overview/.

Nine Planets Website: https://nineplanets.org/jupiter/.

Planetary Society Website: https://www.planetary.org/worlds/jupiter.

Saturn

NASA Data Center Website: https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planets/saturnpage.html.

NASA’s Solar System Exploration Site: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/saturn/overview/.

Nine Planets Website: https://nineplanets.org/saturn/.

Planetary Society Website: https://www.planetary.org/worlds/saturn.

Uranus and Neptune

Neptune at NASA Data Center Website: https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planets/neptunepage.html.

Neptune at NASA’s Solar System Exploration Site: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/neptune/overview/.

Neptune at Nine Planets Site: https://nineplanets.org/neptune/.

Neptune at Planetary Society Website: https://www.planetary.org/worlds/neptune.

Uranus at NASA Data Center Website: https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planets/uranuspage.html.

Uranus at NASA’s Solar System Exploration Site: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/uranus/overview/.

Uranus at Nine Planets Site: https://nineplanets.org/uranus/.

Uranus at Planetary Society Website: https://www.planetary.org/worlds/uranus.

Videos

Cassini: 15 Years of Exploration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z8fzz_MBAw. A quick visual summary of mission highlights (2:00).

Cassini’s Grand Finale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrGAQCq9BMU. JPL video describes the accomplishments and final descent into Saturn of this mission (4:00).

Fly into the Great Red Spot of Jupiter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj3Lq7Gu94Y. A remarkable 2017 NASA animation from Juno data, flying above and into the Red Spot, with a bar showing your altitude (1:00).

Four Days at Saturn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTYKmxlbtiou. Cassini was focused on the planet Saturn for 44 hours to obtain this labeled, sped-up movie of changes in its atmosphere (2:00).

Hubble Watches Dark Spot on Neptune Die: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKHtx5y6C4M. Hubble observations of changes in the atmosphere of Neptune, with nice images (3:00).

In the Land of Enchantment: The Epic Story of the Cassini Mission to Saturn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx135n8VFxY. Inspiring illustrated lecture by Cassini Mission Imagining Lead Scientist Carolyn Porco (1:38).

Jupiter Globe Rotation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QND_NtNFAvIu. Beautiful 2014 video showing the rotation of Jupiter with its many atmospheric features, made from Hubble Space Telescope photos (1:00).

Jupiter’s Magnetosphere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0tqmrZn6kY. 2011 video about the magnetosphere of Jupiter and why we continue to be interested in it, featuring astronomer Fran Bagenal (2:00).

Jupiter, the Largest Planet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNt79d7deoA. Very dramatic 2010 introduction to the planet, produced with Science on a Sphere (7:00).

Lightning Across the Solar System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F253nFr-rtQ. NASA’s 2019 video compares lightning on Earth with giant lightning bolts at Jupiter and Saturn (4:00).

New Science from Jupiter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txNjILemtsw. Brief 2018 review of the first Juno mission results, from NASA, with amazing images (5:00).

Saturn’s Stunning Double Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7P_0iltFXs. HubbleCast #33 from 2010: what we learned about the auroras at both its poles when Saturn’s rings were edge-on to us (5:00).

Voyager's Last Encounter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqVuDhfh9W8. 1989 overview of Voyager 2 at Neptune: with results and quotes by mission scientists (4:00).

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