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Planetary Images
This CD-ROM contains over 200 images of planets, satellites, moons,
asteroids and comets from NASA, ESA, and Soviet planetary missions.
Each image has an associated caption. Three image presentations are
available. For Macintosh, start the application 'PLANET.MAC'. This
will launch a Macromedia Projector which will present a screen with
a picture of the CD-ROM. Choose 'Continue' and then choose the
planet you want to see from the image presented. For Windows,
launch 'PLANETPC.EXE' to begin the Macromedia presentation. The
steps which follow are identical to those described above for the
Macintosh. Finally, for other machines there is an html
presentation which requires an html browser. To start this, use
the browser to open the 'index.html' or '1index.html' files in the
'HTML' directory. All images available in these presentations can
be accessed separately in the 'GIF' directory. Larger scale TIFF
format versions of the images are available in the 'TIFF'
directory. A cross-reference between the gif and tiff image ID's
and the actual image ID's (given at the bottom of the captions)
is available in the file CROSSREF.TXT. The names have been changed
for the html presentation to accomodate computers which can only
read the shorter (8.3) file names.
The images and captions on this CD-ROM are divided by planetary body
and further subdivided by mission. The keywords below each caption
refer to entries in the 'Encyclopedia of Planetary Sciences', edited
by Shirley and Fairbridge, 1997 and published by Chapman and Hall
(800-842-3636). This CD-ROM was created with partial support from
Chapman and Hall.
Requirements and Suggestions
The presentation uses Macromedia Director 5.0 for Macintosh and
Windows. The Macintosh version requires at minimum a 68020 processor,
System 7.0, and 4 MB RAM. The Windows version requires 386/33,
Windows 3.1, Windows NT 3.5.1, or Windows 95 and 4 MB RAM. Both
require 640 x 480 pixel resolution. A multi-platform HTML version
requiring a WWW browser is included. The images are also accessible
as tiff files.
Ordering Images
The image identification numbers are given in parentheses at the end
of the captions. Hard copies of the images can be ordered from
NASA's National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC). For ordering and
price information, contact NSSDC's Coordinated Request and User
Support Office (CRUSO). CRUSO can be reached by;
phone: 301 286 6695
fax: 301 286 1635
E-mail: request@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov
postal address:
CRUSO
NSSDC Code 633
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
A short listing of the types of images available from the NSSDC is
given in the 'IM_INDEX.TXT' file on this CD-ROM. More information on
NSSDC and other available images and data can be found on the World
Wide Web at http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov
This CD-ROM is NSSDC I.D.: XD-A1A
Credits
This CD-ROM was produced by the National Space Science Data Center
at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, U.S.A.
under the direction of Dr. Joseph King. The images are from NASA,
ESA (European Space Agency) and Soviet planetary and lunar missions.
The CD-ROM production was coordinated by Dr. David Williams. The
images were prepared for the CD-ROM by Jay Friedlander and Vivek
Dwivedi. Captions were written by Dr. David Williams and reviewed by
Dr. James Shirley (JPL) and Jennifer Ash-Poole. The Macromedia
Director presentation was prepared by Christine Cain. The visual
presentation was done by Christine Cain, Jay Friedlander, Dr. Edwin
Bell II, and Elise Blaese. Assistance was also provided by Jason
Mathews and Richard Chu. There is no copyright on the images or
captions. They may be freely copied and used as long as such use
does not imply an endorsement of any product or service by NASA.
The NSSDC should be credited for any images or captions reproduced
from this CD-ROM. In addition, NASA, the European Space Agency, or
the Soviet Space Agency, as appropriate, should be acknowledged as the
source of the image.