CONTENTS
[Foreword] v [Introduction] vii [Acknowledgment] ix [Chapter 1. The Jovian System] 1 [Chapter 2. Pioneers to Jupiter] 11 [Chapter 3. The Voyager Mission] 23 [Chapter 4. Science and Scientists] 33 [Chapter 5. The Voyage to Jupiter—Getting There] 47 [Chapter 6. The First Encounter] 63 [Chapter 7. The Second Encounter: More Surprises From the “Land” of the Giant] 93 [Chapter 8. Jupiter—King of the Planets] 117 [Chapter 9. Four New Worlds] 139 [Chapter 10. Return to Jupiter] 169 [Appendix A. Pictorial Maps of the Galilean Satellites] 177 [Appendix B. Voyager Science Teams] 195 [Appendix C. Voyager Management Team] 197 [Additional Reading] 199
Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system—a gaseous world as large as 1300 Earths, marked by alternating bands of colored clouds and a dazzling complexity of storm systems. The Voyager mission gave us our first close look at this spectacular planet. [P-21085]