The Kaguya lunar atlas [electronic resource] : the moon in high resolution / Motomaro Shirao, Charles A. Wood.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York: Springer, c2011.ISBN:- 9781441972842 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 1441972846 (cloth : alk. paper)
- Lunar atlas
- Moon in high resolution
- QB595 .S53 2011
- QB595
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
General Books | CUTN Central Library Sciences | 523.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 7994 |
Includes indexes.
Pt. 1. Background -- The Kaguya mission -- Kaguya's HDTV and its imaging -- Images of Earth and Kaguya's impact on the moon -- The lunar surface -- Pt. 2. The atlas.
License restrictions may limit access.
This volume presents a "gallery" or collection of unique portraits of the moon. The 100 detailed photographs are presented in a standard format as wide angle, low perspective views of a single feature or geographical complex, assembled from many separate lunar orbiter photos taken in high definition video. In late 2007, the Japanese Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) placed the Kaguya/ Selene spacecraft in orbit around the Moon to probe the Moon's surface and interior. But unlike previous lunar orbiters, Kaguya carries a high definition television camera (HDTV) sent beyond Earth orbit. The output shows the Moon as it would be seen by an astronaut looking through a porthole window while orbiting only 100 km above the lunar surface.
There are no comments on this title.