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KAGUYA lunar explorer (aka SELENE)
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post Oct 1 2007, 06:24 PM
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According to JAXA report is that Kaguya is now heading toward the Moon. The LOI would be this Thursday October 4. Important day. Later, the relay satellite will be separated on Oct 9, VRAD by Oct 12 and finally Kaguya will be in Lunar Orbit by October 19.
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post Oct 1 2007, 07:28 PM
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I presume they mean October 4, Japan Time (as in the LOI is still on October 3, 2:01 pm Pacific Daylight Time)?

BTW, they updated the "Position of KAGUYA" page:

http://www.selene.jaxa.jp/en/communication/position_e.htm

Nice little image there. JPL needs to have that kind of animation instead of the Solar System Simulator. cool.gif


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post Oct 2 2007, 09:36 AM
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Kaguya has a monitoring camera for cheking the solar array paddle deployment. This camera happened to capture another Earth image.
You can see the Earth through a small clearance between the body and the paddle.
http://www.selene.jaxa.jp/ja/communication...formation_j.htm (Sorry, in Japanese)
http://www.selene.jaxa.jp/image/communicat...071002_01_s.jpg
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post Oct 2 2007, 11:46 AM
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And now the movie has been released.
http://jda.jaxa.jp/jda/v4_e.php?v_id=0496f...p;category=4064
The change of the image is extremely slight and slow. Be patient smile.gif
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post Oct 2 2007, 03:20 PM
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QUOTE (nop @ Oct 2 2007, 07:46 AM) *
The change of the image is extremely slight and slow.

Movement can best be seen by watching features disappear into (I mean -- appear out of) the terminator.

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post Oct 2 2007, 03:29 PM
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Earth's rotation dictates features should be appearing, not disappearing at the western terminator.

The QT version doesn't work for me and it's the only one that would allow scrolling back and forth in the movie, without rebuffering. From what I can see in the WMV, most of the "moving" is KAGUYA moving farther from Earth with only a hint of rotation. The pointing is remarkably steady, though. I almost wish there was that "Apollo-like" human hand factor to show it's actual footage, not CGI renderings. smile.gif


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post Oct 2 2007, 04:07 PM
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QUOTE (ugordan @ Oct 2 2007, 11:29 AM) *
Earth's rotation dictates features should be appearing, not disappearing at the western terminator.

OOPS!!!

On review I'm happy to point out that this is indeed the case.
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post Oct 2 2007, 04:46 PM
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Yeah, QT doesn't work for me either. I wish they had posted these in some downloadable format that I could play with sad.gif

That pic of the solar paddle that happened to catch Earth in it is pretty neat! nop, could you perhaps help out with translation of that page? Here is what the Google translator produces, which isn't bad; only the last sentence is unintelligible:

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It was recognized that the earth has taken in the monitor camera for solar paddle development verification. It is the unusual picture where the earth is visible from the interval of the paddle.
Because the picture is not photographing with HDTV, is not clear, but the position of the satellite and the earth timing it could photograph it is the unusual shot well. In addition, you think that you can be understood the distance of the satellite and the earth.

The day when more and more it is thrown to the month track separated from the orbit around the earth, the truth approached the [gu] and, closely.
It would appear that Google's attempt at transliteration of "Kaguya" is "the [gu] and," which is not as cute as "It is quick the [bu]," its famous transliteration of "Hayabusa."

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post Oct 3 2007, 02:45 AM
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QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Oct 3 2007, 01:46 AM) *
nop, could you perhaps help out with translation of that page?

Ok Emily, here is my rough translation. Sorry for my poor English. I think Google translation is not so bad, except for the last sentence.

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We found that the earth was captured by the monitor camera for checking the solar paddle deployment.
It is a rare picture where the earth is seen between the interval of the paddle.
The image is not clear because it was not not taken by the HDTV, but a rare shot in which the configuration of the satellite and the earth was captured in good timing. Also you can realize the distance between the satellite and the earth.
Now Kaguya has left the earth orbit, and the long-waited day for injection into the lunar orbit is forthcoming.

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This animation showing a diff during the movie was originally posted by anonymous on a Japanese BBS smile.gif
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post Oct 3 2007, 04:26 AM
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Cool cool cool, nop!!! smile.gif Been much more impressed with Kaguya so far than with many other missions...sweet bird, great outreach!


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post Oct 3 2007, 08:24 AM
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Kaguya should be in lunar orbit about 13 hours after this posting... cool.gif


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post Oct 3 2007, 08:51 AM
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Whaddayaknow... it IS round.

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post Oct 3 2007, 04:35 PM
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Thank you very much for your posts and translations, nop! You are really a great help in spreading news from Japan!

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post Oct 3 2007, 05:29 PM
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QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 3 2007, 01:51 AM) *
Whaddayaknow... it IS round.

smile.gif


JAXA is deceiving us, djellison... They refuse to release REAL images taken by Kaguya that shows pristine waterfalls streaming off all sides of Earth's cube-shaped body... biggrin.gif


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post Oct 4 2007, 02:51 AM
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QUOTE (punkboi @ Oct 3 2007, 10:29 AM) *
JAXA is deceiving us, djellison... They refuse to release REAL images taken by Kaguya that shows pristine waterfalls streaming off all sides of Earth's cube-shaped body... biggrin.gif


Typical western nonsense! As can clearly be seen in these JAXA photos the Earth has a disk shaped body and the pristine waterfalls are falling away from the spacecraft and not visible since the craft is going to the moon. biggrin.gif
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