Danuri: Korea's first lunar orbiter |
Danuri: Korea's first lunar orbiter |
Jul 26 2022, 09:19 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10189 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
https://www.kari.re.kr/eng/sub03_07_01.do
The link is to the Korean Space Agency's page on Danuri, the nation's first lunar orbiter. It will launch from the US in early August and orbit the Moon for a year. Of particular note is he inclusion of Shadowcam, a US payload modified from the LRO NAC instrument to image in polar shadows. I think I have seen it is 200 times more sensitive that NAC. We can hope for a lot of interesting images of polar areas. Work on a followup lander is in progress but may be slow. 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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Jan 8 2023, 10:45 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 815 Joined: 3-June 04 From: Brittany, France Member No.: 79 |
A picture taken on 28 November 2022 at a distance such as the Earth and the Moon had the same apparent size for Danuri's camera.
Contrast increased on the Moon's surface since it appears far much darker than the Earth on the original image. -------------------- |
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