The Moon from JAXA - The "Kaguya" Lunar Probe
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Kaguya-007-20071113.jpgThe rising "Blue Marble", from Lunar Orbit (Kaguya is near the Lunar North Pole)75 visiteCaption JAXA:"The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) have successfully performed the world's first high-definition image taking of an Earth-rise* by the Lunar Explorer "KAGUYA" (SELENE,) which was injected into a lunar orbit at an altitude of about 100 km on October 18, 2007 (Japan Standard Time. Following times and dates are all JST.)
The Apollo project was the first mission to take images of Earth rising over the Moon. The KAGUYA successfully shot high-definition images of the Earth-rise showing an impressive image of the blue Earth which was the only floating object in pitch-dark space.
These are the World's first high-definition earth images taken from about 380.000 Km away from the Earth in space.
The image taking was performed by the KAGUYA's onboard High Definition Television (HDTV) for space use developed by NHK. The moving image data acquired by the KAGUYA was received at the JAXA Usuda Deep Space Center, and processed by NHK.
The satellite was confirmed to be in good health through telemetry data received at the Usuda Station".
* Note: we use the expression "Earth-rise" in this press release, but the Earth-rise is a phenomenon seen only from satellites that travel around the Moon, such as the KAGUYA and the Apollo Class spaceships.
The Earth-rise cannot be observed by a person who is on the Moon as they can always see the Earth at the same position.
This still image was cut out from a moving image (wide shot) taken by the HDTV onboard the KAGUYA at 02:52 p.m. on November 7, 2007 (JST) then sent to the JAXA Usuda Deep Space Center.
In the image, the Moon's surface is near the North Pole, and the Arabian Peninsula and Indian Ocean can be observed on the Earth disc.MareKromium
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Kaguya-008-20071113.jpgThe setting "Blue Marble", from Lunar Orbit (Kaguya is near the Lunar South Pole)76 visiteCaption JAXA:"This still image was cut out from a moving image (tele shot) taken by the HDTV onboard the KAGUYA at 12:07 p.m. on November 7, 2007 (Japan Standard Time, JST,) then sent to the JAXA Usuda Deep Space Center.
In the image, the Moon's surface is near the South Pole, and we can see the Australian Continent (center left) and the Asian Continent (lower right) on the Earth.
(In this image, the upper side of the Earth is the Southern Hemisphere, thus the Australian Continent looks upside-down)".MareKromium
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Kaguya-009-20071113.jpgThe setting "Blue Marble", from Lunar Orbit (full sequence - Kaguya is near the Lunar South Pole)72 visiteCaption JAXA:"These images are the Earth setting to the horizon near the Moon's South Pole.
It took about 70 seconds from the left image to the right image (complete setting)". MareKromium
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Kaguya-010-20071113.gifRelative locations of the KAGUYA Probe, the Moon, and the Earth66 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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Kaguya-012-20071128_kaguya_tc02_03_l.jpgDyson Crater (1)72 visiteCaption JAXA:"The Terrain Camera (TC) can observe the Moon surface during the day-time of the Moon using 2 cameras that respectively face the slightly diagonal forelooking and afterlooking of the satellite. It can take 3-D (stereo) images of the Moon's globe with a world's first Super High Definition (SHD) of 10 meters.
3-D terrain images acquired by TC HighRes Stereo-Pair Cameras are important data to study the evolution process of the Moon's unique terrain.
With detailed investigation of the crater distribution, we can estimate more precisely when each area of the Moon has been formed and can study more details of when the Moon was born and how its inside and surface have been changing.
Furthermore, data acquired by the TC is expected to be useful for studying topographical characteristics and illumination map to determine the best location for a future Moon base and to consider manned activities on the Moon".MareKromium
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Kaguya-013-20071128_kaguya_tc02_04.jpgDyson Crater (2)69 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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Kaguya-014-20071128_kaguya_tc04_01_e.jpgDyson Crater Region as to the North Pole of the Moon54 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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Kaguya-015-20071128_kaguya_tc03_04_l.jpgDyson Crater Region (3-D)54 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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Kaguya-017-hdtv_001_1c_l.jpgSome Lunar Geography from Kaguya: Hermite, Pascal and the Pascal Group and more53 visiteNorth Polar RegionMareKromium
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Kaguya-018-hdtv_001_2c_l.jpgSome Lunar Geography from Kaguya: Lavoisier and Ulugh Beigh53 visiteOceanus Procellarum RegionMareKromium
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Kaguya-019-hdtv_001_3c_l.jpgSome Lunar Geography from Kaguya: Langley, Repsold and Rimae Repsold53 visiteOceanus Procellarum RegionMareKromium
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Kaguya-020-hdtv_004_1c.jpgSome Lunar Geography from Kaguya: around Leibnitz Crater (FarSide)54 visiteLeibnitz Crater - Coord.: 38,3° South Lat. and 179,2° East Long; Diam.: about 245 Km
Davisson Crater - Coord.: 37,5° South Lat. and 174,6° West Long.; Diam.: about 87 Km
Finsen Crater - Coord.: 42,0° South Lat. and 177,9° West Long.; Diam.: about 72 KmMareKromium
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