Neptune, 2002
The planet, rings and satellites
Space Exploration Series

Like the movie "Apollo 13" and the book on which it was based, Neptune: The Planets, Rings and Satellites tells the real story of the Voyager Mission to the outer planets from the point of view of the people who were there. It shows clearly the planning, excitement and major advances in our knowledge of Neptune and its system associated with the highly successful Voyager Mission and will remain a definitive description of Neptune for decades to come.

Author's Preface.-
List of illustrations and tables.-
1. The Discovery of Neptune.-
2. Neptune's position in the Solar System.-
3. Discovery of the two largest satellites.-
4. Speculation about Neptune's rings.-
5. Other pre-Voyager Neptune observations.-
6. The saga of Voyager 2.-
7. The Voyager 2 encounter with Neptune.-
8. The interior of Neptune.-
9. The atmosphere of Neptune.-
10. The magnetosphere of Neptune.-
11. The rings of Neptune.-
12. The satellites of Neptune.-
13. Post-Voyager observations of Neptune.-
14. Comparative planetology of the four gas giant planets.-
Further reading.-
Index.

This is the only book on Neptune written by individuals directly involved with the Voyager Mission and its scientific findings Written by JPL employees with ready access to the pictures and other data returned by the Voyager Mission, this book will disperse some of the myths created by the popular press and non-Voyager authors This book recreates some of the excitement and wonder felt by those on the science and engineering teams as they witnessed the spectacualar data being returned by Voyager