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The Kaguya lunar atlas [electronic resource] : the moon in high resolution / Motomaro Shirao, Charles A. Wood.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York: Springer, c2011.ISBN:
  • 9781441972842 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 1441972846 (cloth : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Lunar atlas
  • Moon in high resolution
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QB595 .S53 2011
  • QB595
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
SpringerLink ebooks - Physics and Astronomy (2011)Summary: 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.
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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.

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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.

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