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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Jun 20 2009, 12:28 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 157 Joined: 22-May 09 From: Ireland Member No.: 4792 |
Nice craft views indeed, but what about Earth views in the next few days?
The general area in which Kaguya went down will soon be coming into (illuminated) view from our own perspective on Earth -- I wonder will we see any signs of an impact crater? As it was a very low oblique impact, ejecta patterns like we see with Messier A or Proclus...etc., may have formed. This is being very optimistic, I know, however, one never knows what might turn up -- perhaps, one of the powerful space-scopes will have a look, or, LRO might set the area down as a future target? The illumination of the general area is expected to occur around the 23 June (New Moon on 22 June ~ 19.35) with just a sliver of a waxing crescent Moon coming through. The best time to observe would be after sunset, but then one only has an hour or so to observe anything, however, the following days 24, 25, 26 June might suit better before too much illunimation makes it impossible to detect anything at all. John www.moonposter.ie |
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