The Kaguya Lunar Atlas The Moon in High Resolution /

• Main Authors: Shirao, Motomaro (Author), Wood, Charles A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Subjects: Physics.; Planetology.; Space sciences.; Astronomy.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Popular Science in Astronomy.

In late 2007 the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency placed the Kaguya/Selene spacecraft in orbit around the Moon. Like previous lunar orbiters, Kaguya carried scientific instruments to probe the Moon’s surface and interior. But it also had the first high-definition television camera (HDTV) sent to t...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Background
• Chapter 1: The Kaguya Mission
• Chapter 2: Kaguya's HDTV and Its Imaging
• Chapter 3: Images of Earth and the Kaguya Impact on the Moon
• Chapter 4: The Lunar Surface
• Part II: The Atlas
• Plates 1 to 28
• Plates 29 to 64
• Plates 65 to 100
• Thumbnail Index
• Subject Index.