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This contributed monograph is the first work to present the latest results and findings on the new topic and hot field of planetary exploration and sciences, particularly for Japan's SELenological and ENgineering Explorer (SELENE), China's Chang'E-1 and 2, India's Chandrayaan -1 and the United States' Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL), Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), Mars Express, Mercury MESSENGER and so on. By providing detailed theory and examples, this book helps readers to quickly familiarize themselves with the field. In addition, it offers a special section on next-generation planetary exploration, which opens a new landscape for future exploration plans and missions.

Prof. Shuanggen Jin works at the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. Dr. Nader Haghighipour works at the University of Hawaii-Manoa, USA. Prof. Wing-Huen Ip works at the National Central University, Taiwan.

• Hardcover, 400 p. 70 illus., 20 illus. in color.
  
• Springer, January 27, 2015
  
• ISBN 978-3-662-45051-2