#Kaguya moon atlas tv#

Everyone can appreciate the natural beauty and be entranced by the view of the nearby world where humans may one day live.Ĭopyright: 1980 Book Details Book Quality: Publisher Quality ISBN-13: 9781441972859 Related ISBNs: : The Kaguya Lunar Atlas: The Moon in High Resolution (9781441972842) by Shirao, Motomaro Wood, Charles A. Seeing the Moon is not intended solely for lunar scientists who are striving to work out the mysteries of the Moon's origin and evolution. On the upper right is a 100-150 word description. Each page features a HDTV image with a map of the entire Moon on the upper left showing where the image is located. Wood Reviewed by Thomas Watson Springer Science-Business Media, 2011 In 2007 the Japanese space program (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency JAXA) successfully placed a robotic spacecraft into lunar orbit. This is the view we all would wish to have but are never likely to, except vicariously through the awe-inspiring Kaguya HDTV images. THE KAGUYA LUNAR ATLAS: The Moon in High Resolution by Motomaro Shirao and Charles A. Thus, they show the Moon as it would be seen by an astronaut looking through a porthole window while orbiting only 100 km above the lunar surface. What makes these images so much more engaging than standard vertical view lunar photography is that they are taken looking obliquely along the flight path.

#Kaguya moon atlas tv#

Sponsored by the Japanese NHK TV network, the HDTV has amazed both scientists and the public with its magnificent views of the lunar surface. The remarkable Kaguya/Selene HDTV images are used here to create a new type of lunar atlas. But unlike previous lunar orbiters, Kaguya carries a high definition television camera (HDTV) sent beyond Earth orbit.

Considering the valence and energy of observed ions, we conclude that terrestrial oxygen has been transported to the Moon from the Earth’s upper atmosphere (at least 2.6 x 10 4 ions cm-2 sec-1). 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. Here, we report observations from the Japanese spacecraft Kaguya of significant 1-10 keV O + ions only when the Moon was in the Earth’s plasma sheet.