Wing-Huen IP
Professor, Graduate Institute of Astronomy, National Central University
Professor Wing-Huen Ip received his undergraduate education in Hong Kong (BA from CUHK in
1969), and graduate training in USA (PhD from UCSD in 1974). His main research fields are
cometary physics, planetary science, solar system evolution, and exoplanets. He worked at the
Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research from 1978 to 1998 prior to his employment at
Institute of Astronomy and Space Science, National Central University, Taiwan, where he has held
the positions of Dean of College of Science, the Vice President, and the Vice-Chancellor of the
University System of Taiwan. He has served as European Editor for Journal of Geophysics (Space
Science), Executive Editor of Planetary Space Science, and Editor-in-Chief of Advances in
Geosciences. He was Founding President of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS). He is a member of International Academy of Astronautics (2000), AGU Fellow (2007), and Honorary
Member of AOGS (2008). He was awarded the Exceptional Public Service Medal of NASA (2009)
for his work on the Cassini-Huygens mission to Titan and the Saturn. He has participated in several
other major planetary missions including Giotto to comet Halley, Galileo to Jupiter, Mars Express and
Rosetta.
"The Legacy of the Cassini-Huygens Mission"
Wing-Huen IP
Professor, Graduate Institute of Astronomy, National Central University
Had you ever wondered what lies across the horizon when you stand on the shore of the
Malacca Straits? Of course, you had. And for sure, you would have expected to find
mountains beyond mountains and seas after seas. But do you know where the most distant
mountains and farthest seas in the solar system? You can find them on Titan, the largest
moon of Saturn. Their discoveries were made by the Cassini-Huygens project which was a
NASA-ESA cooperative mission.
NASA has just approved a new mission called "Dragonfly" to send a robotic rotorcraft lander
to Titan. This means that some of you could have the chance to participate in this exciting
mission. Let us talk a little then about what has the Cassini-Huygens mission found, say, in
the narrow straits of the Titan seas which shore the Dragonfly rotorcraft might be standing in
the near future
Wing-Huen IP
Professor, Graduate Institute of Astronomy, National Central University
Professor, Graduate Institute of Astronomy, National Central University
Professor Wing-Huen Ip received his undergraduate education in Hong Kong (BA from CUHK in
1969), and graduate training in USA (PhD from UCSD in 1974). His main research fields are
cometary physics, planetary science, solar system evolution, and exoplanets. He worked at the
Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research from 1978 to 1998 prior to his employment at
Institute of Astronomy and Space Science, National Central University, Taiwan, where he has held
the positions of Dean of College of Science, the Vice President, and the Vice-Chancellor of the
University System of Taiwan. He has served as European Editor for Journal of Geophysics (Space
Science), Executive Editor of Planetary Space Science, and Editor-in-Chief of Advances in
Geosciences. He was Founding President of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS). He is a member of International Academy of Astronautics (2000), AGU Fellow (2007), and Honorary
Member of AOGS (2008). He was awarded the Exceptional Public Service Medal of NASA (2009)
for his work on the Cassini-Huygens mission to Titan and the Saturn. He has participated in several
other major planetary missions including Giotto to comet Halley, Galileo to Jupiter, Mars Express and
Rosetta.
"The Legacy of the Cassini-Huygens Mission" Wing-Huen IP
Professor, Graduate Institute of Astronomy, National Central University
Had you ever wondered what lies across the horizon when you stand on the shore of the
Malacca Straits? Of course, you had. And for sure, you would have expected to find
mountains beyond mountains and seas after seas. But do you know where the most distant
mountains and farthest seas in the solar system? You can find them on Titan, the largest
moon of Saturn. Their discoveries were made by the Cassini-Huygens project which was a
NASA-ESA cooperative mission.
NASA has just approved a new mission called "Dragonfly" to send a robotic rotorcraft lander
to Titan. This means that some of you could have the chance to participate in this exciting
mission. Let us talk a little then about what has the Cassini-Huygens mission found, say, in
the narrow straits of the Titan seas which shore the Dragonfly rotorcraft might be standing in
the near future
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