Akatsuki Venus Climate Orbiter |
Akatsuki Venus Climate Orbiter |
Mar 13 2010, 11:29 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
I thought it was time to start a separate thread on this mission, launching soon
some good medium-resolution images of the spacecraft are available on JAXA digital archives http://jda.jaxa.jp/jda/p3_e.php?time=N&...mp;mission=4066 |
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Apr 18 2016, 04:30 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
• Mid infra red camera(LIR): Functioning properly. Already near normal, successive image capturing has been conducted and exceptionally interesting hitherto unreported phenomena were discovered. That is tantalizing. Thanks for all this hard work, P. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Apr 19 2016, 12:49 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 817 Joined: 17-April 10 From: Kamakura, Japan Member No.: 5323 |
Page-13
2. Prepertion status of individual instrument on board Akatsuki Page-14 (Left hand side, from top to bottom) Observation result by IR1(1mm camera) Unevenness is emphasized on the image (Here is the left hand side image) Wind velocities are estimated from cloud movement ・ possible to map wind distrbution at 60km altitude ・ possible to map wind distrbution at different altitudes using different wave lenghts ・ It is expected that we will be able to see where the super rotation is started (Below the image on the right) Day side raw image at 0.9mm at around 13:50 on 7 December 2015 Distance to Venus: 68,000km |
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Apr 19 2016, 01:04 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 817 Joined: 17-April 10 From: Kamakura, Japan Member No.: 5323 |
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Observstion result by IR1(1mm camera) (2) (comments on the left hand side image) Night side raw image (right) at 1.01 mm 44,000km on 21 December 2016 Right underneath Akatsuki at +30 lattitude and +670 longtitude ・ Terrain is mainly visible ・ It is hope that we will be able to find mineral composition at ground surface ・ Continous observation is hoped to lead to information on the interiod of Venus (comments inside the left hand side image) Pioneer Venus Altimeter data Aphrodite lattitude (comments below the right hand side image) Dark spot lower left is the Aphrodite continent It is dark because this spot is 4km higher than surrounding areas and colder by 30K, resulting in smaller thermal radiation P |
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Apr 19 2016, 05:54 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 29-December 05 From: NE Oh, USA Member No.: 627 |
Thank you so much pandaneko
Been waiting for your translation of Page-15. Beautiful image. What a wonderful mission. |
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Apr 20 2016, 04:15 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 817 Joined: 17-April 10 From: Kamakura, Japan Member No.: 5323 |
I now have located a copy of another, earlier JAXA report put up by Explorer in November last year.
I have started translating it and I will put up my translations immediately after the current series. I view it as making good reading for undergraduates, possibly also for MSc students interested in this subject. P |
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