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Title:
The Kaguya lunar atlas : the moon in high resolution / Motomaro Shirao, Charles A. Wood.
Author:
Shirao, Motomaro, 1953-

Wood, Charles A.
Publication Information:
New York: Springer, c2011.
Call Number:
QB595 .S55 2011
Abstract:
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.
ISBN:
9781441972842
Physical Description:
ix, 173 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.), maps ; 23 x 29 cm.
General Note:
Includes indexes.
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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.
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