Ganymede

A fascinating and timely summary of our current knowledge about the Solar System's largest moon, Ganymede.

Martin Volwerk (Edited by), Melissa McGrath (Edited by), Xianzhe Jia (Edited by), Tilman Spohn (Edited by)

9781108832953, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 20 February 2025

368 pages
28.4 x 22.1 x 2.5 cm, 1.38 kg

With ESA's upcoming JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) mission to Jupiter and Ganymede, this book provides a fascinating and timely summary of our current knowledge about Ganymede: the largest moon in the Solar System and the only one with an intrinsic magnetic field. Written by a team of multidisciplinary experts spanning geology, space physics and habitability, it provides up-to-date knowledge about Ganymede. The history of its discovery, formation, surface, atmosphere and space environment are discussed in accessible language and supported by the enormous amount of data obtained by Galileo, the Hubble Space Telescope and earlier missions. The latest surface maps of Ganymede are also presented, providing an invaluable reference for graduate students and researchers working in planetary science.

Part I: History, Origin, Dynamics: 1. Ganymede through the ages Martin Volwerk, Katrin Stephan, Roland Wagner and Apurva V. Oza
2. Origin of Ganymede and the Galilean moons Yuhito Shibaike and Yann Alibert
3. The rotation of Ganymede Alexander Stark, Rose-Marie Baland, Tim Van Hoolst, Nicolas Rambaux and Gregor Steinbrügge
4. Tidal deformation and tidal evolution of Ganymede Gregor Steinbrügge, Hauke Hussmann, Gabriel Tobie, Julie Castillo-Rogez, Valéry Lainey and Alexander Stark
5. Ganymede's statigraphy and geologic evolution Ralf Jaumann, Katrin Stephan, Roland Wagner, Hauke Hussmann, Pasquale Palumbo, Alice Lucchetti, Frank Postberg, Thomas Roatsch and Alexander Stark
Part II: Geology, Surface, Interior: 6. Internal structure of Ganymede Hauke Hussmann, Gerald Schubert, Gregor Steinbrügge, Frank Sohl and Jun Kimura
7. Ganymede's geology Robert T. Pappalardo, Marissa E. Cameron, Geoffrey C. Collins, James W. Head, Paul Helfenstein, Samuel M. Howell, Alice Lucchetti, Thomas B. Mccord, Jeffrey M. Moore, Erica M. Nathan, Louise M. Prockter, Costanza Rossi, Paul M. Schenk and John R. Spencer
8. The cratering record of Ganymede: surface ages, impactor populations, and evolutional history Michelle R. Kirchoff, Amy Barr, Michael Bland, Veronica Bray, Edgard G. Rivera-Valentín and Paul Schenk
9. The topography of Ganymede: geology, global characteristics, and future exploration Paul Schenk, William Mckinnon, Jeffrey Moore and Francis Nimmo
10. Ganymede's surface composition Katrin Stephan, Charles A. Hibbitts, Nicolas Ligier, Philippa M. Molyneux, Francois Poulet, Louise M. Prockter, Amanda R. Hendrix, Geoffrey C. Collins, Caitlin J. Ahrens and Ralf Jaumann
11. Physical chemistry and thermal properties of ices at Ganymede Caitlin Ahrens, Charles Hibbitts, Klára Kalousová, Nicolas Ligier, Thomas Mccord, Anezina Solomonidou and Katrin Stephan
12. Structure and evolution of Ganymede's hydrosphere Klára Kalousová, Krista M. Soderlund, Anezina Solomonidou and Christophe Sotin
13. The origin of Ganymede's internal magnetic field Ulrich Christensen, Tina Rückriemen-Bez and Gerald Schubert
Part III: Atmosphere, Ionosphere, Magnetosphere: 14. Ganymede: its magnetosphere and its interaction with the Jovian magnetosphere Margaret G. Kivelson, Fran Bagenal, Xianzhe Jia, Krishan K. Khurana, Martin Volwerk and Philippe Zarka
15. Interactions between the space environment and Ganymede's surface André Galli, Audrey Vorburger, Peter Wurz, Marina Galand, Apurva Oza, Shahab Fatemi, Christina Plainaki and Alessandro Mura
16. Ganymede's tenuous atmosphere Lorenz Roth, Christina Plainaki, Apurva V. Oza, Audrey Vorburger, Robert E. Johnson, Philippa M. Molyneux, Kurt D. Retherford, François Leblanc, Stefano Massetti, Alessandro Mura and Peter Wurz
17. The ionosphere of Ganymede Marina Galand, Gianluca Carnielli and Xianzhe Jia
18. Ganymede's aurora Herbert Gunell, Lorenz Roth, Shahab Fatemi, Chuanfei Dong and Liang Wang
19. Electrodynamic coupling between Ganymede and the Jovian ionosphere Bertrand Bonfond and Philippe Zarka
Part IV: Astrobiology: 20. Habitability of Ganymede: conditions for sustainability of life and geochemical biosignatures Julian Chela-Flores
Appendix 1: maps of Ganymede Thomas Roatsch, Elke Kersten, Geoffrey Collins and Wes Patterson
Appendix 2: Ganymede parameters: tables from the book
Index.

Subject Areas: Solar system: the Sun & planets [PGS], Astronomy, space & time [PG]