Introduction 6 Chapter1 Giant Jupiter 9 Jupiter By the Numbers 12 The Atmosphere and the Great Red Spot 14 Composition of Jupiter’s Clouds 18 Characteristics of the Atmosphere 21 Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 24 Jupiter’s Magnetic Field and Magnetosphere 26 The Auroras of Jupiter 28 The Inside of Jupiter 29 Jupiter’s Moons and Ring of Jupiter 32 The Galilean Satellites 33 Callisto 34 Ganymede 35 Europa 37 Io 39 CONTENTS
Jupiter’s Other Satellites 41 Jupiter’s Ring 42 Chapter2 Saturn The Jewel of the Solar System 46 An Overview of Saturn 48 Composition and Structure of Saturn’s Atmosphere 52 A Dynamic Atmosphere 55 The Magnetic Field and Magnetosphere 57 Saturn’s Interior 60 Saturn’s Complex Ring System 63 Discovering Saturn’s Rings 64 Saturn’s Moons 69 Chapter3 Uranus An Ice Giant 76 Astronomical Data of Uranus 78 The Atmosphere of Uranus 81 The Magnetic Field and Magnetosphere 83
The Interior 86 Moons of Uranus 89 The Ring System 95 Discovery of the Rings 96 Chapter4 Big Blue Neptune 99 Neptune An Overview 101 Neptune’s Atmosphere 103 The Magnetic Field and Magnetosphere of Neptune 106 The Origin of Neptune’s Orbit 108 Neptune’s Interior 110 The Moons and Rings of Neptune 110 Conclusion 118 Glossary 119 Bibliography 122 Index 126
