Man with a Mission: Jean-Dominique Cassini. Leila Belkora.
by Belkora, Leila; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 51Science. Publisher: Star Date, 2004ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Astronomers | Astronomical observatories | Astronomy -- Observations | Cassini, Jean-Dominique 1625-1712 | Huygens, Christiaan 1629-1695 | Planets -- Observations | Saturn (Planet) -- Ring system | Space flight to Saturn -- Cassini missionDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Saturn is almost everybody's favorite planet. It's not the only planet with a ring, but Saturn's ring is the most magnificent: bold and bright when we see it cocked toward us, yet incredibly fine and slender when viewed edge-on. Increasingly detailed photographs, from the Pioneer 11 and Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft to the present-day Cassini mission, have revealed the complexity of the ring system, with its waves, spokes, and shepherd satellites. The first to observe structure in this ring system--the prominent dark gap dividing the main ring--and one of the first to understand that the rings are not a solid entity, but are composed of particles, was Jean-Dominique Cassini." (STAR DATE) This article discusses astronomical studies of the 17th and 18th centuries, focusing on the Cassini family.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Man with a Mission: Jean-Dominique Cassini, May/June 2004; pp. 4-9.
"Saturn is almost everybody's favorite planet. It's not the only planet with a ring, but Saturn's ring is the most magnificent: bold and bright when we see it cocked toward us, yet incredibly fine and slender when viewed edge-on. Increasingly detailed photographs, from the Pioneer 11 and Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft to the present-day Cassini mission, have revealed the complexity of the ring system, with its waves, spokes, and shepherd satellites. The first to observe structure in this ring system--the prominent dark gap dividing the main ring--and one of the first to understand that the rings are not a solid entity, but are composed of particles, was Jean-Dominique Cassini." (STAR DATE) This article discusses astronomical studies of the 17th and 18th centuries, focusing on the Cassini family.
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