| Description |
ix, 173 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 x 29 cm |
| Note |
Includes indexes. |
| 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. |
| 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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Moon -- Photographs from space.
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Moon -- Maps.
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Moon -- Pictorial works.
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KAGUYA (Artificial satellite)
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Earth (Planet) -- Photographs from space.
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Outer space -- Exploration -- Japan.
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Moon -- Research -- Japan.
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| Added Author |
Wood, Charles A.
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| Added Title |
Lunar atlas |
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Moon in high resolution |
| ISBN |
9781441972842 hardcover $39.95 |
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1441972846 hardcover |
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