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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May 19 2009, 03:31 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10193 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
The idea of comparing old and new images to evaluate impact rates is a good one, and it will be tried by LRO - but not over a year or two, over 40 years or more between Apollo or Lunar Orbiter images and the new LROC images. The process could be done equally well with Kaguya or Chandrayaan images and the older data as well, for craters 10-20 m or so across, but with LRO it can be extended to craters 1-2 m across.
Interesting to reflect that LROC Narrow Angle images will be 20 times the resolution of Kaguya TC primary mission images. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PD: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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