KAGUYA lunar explorer (aka SELENE) |
KAGUYA lunar explorer (aka SELENE) |
Jun 6 2007, 08:29 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 370 Joined: 12-September 05 From: France Member No.: 495 |
SELENE has now a nickname : KAGUYA.
http://www.jaxa.jp/topics/2007/06_e.html Edit : And Emily searched for the origin of the name http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00000996/ |
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Oct 1 2007, 09:00 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 52 Joined: 24-November 05 From: Tokyo Member No.: 571 |
Kaguya is carrying a high-definition TV camera as her big furniture and now she have sent a nice picture to us.
KAGUYA (SELENE) Successful Image Taking by the High Definition Television (HDTV) http://www.jaxa.jp/topics/2007/10_e.html http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2007/10/20071001_kaguya_j.html (in Japanese) Delta-Vp2 was successful and now Kaguya is on the Moon transfer orbit. The picture was taken on September 29, 110,000 km away from the Earth - the most distant HDTV image ever You can see the South America. The larger image is here. Enjoy! http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2007/10/img/20071001_kaguya.jpg |
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