Books

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 'THE GIANT PLANET JUPITER' by John H. Rogers (1995)

Cambridge University Press, 1995.  462 pp. inc. numerous illustrations and colour plates.

(This book by the Section Director is a comprehensive account of what is known about Jupiter prior to the Galileo mission.)

Hardback (ISBN 0 521 41008 8) is now out of print but often available via Amazon.

Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521115308) ia available from CUP for £39.00 [as of Aug.2012].  (This edition has lower-quality illustrations and none in colour.)


(This book by the Section Director is a comprehensive account of the planet up to 1991, including synthesis of all amateur observations. The hardback
is now out of print but can be obtained on Amazon.com. A digital paperback edition [without colour pictures] will be available from CUP in 2009.)


Web pages  maintained by the BAA Jupiter Section Staff.