The Kaguya lunar atlas : the moon in high resolution /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Shirao, Motomaro.
Imprint:	New York : Springer, c2011.
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 173 p.) : chiefly ill. (some col.), maps.
Language:	English
Subject:	KAGUYA (Artificial satellite) KAGUYA (Artificial satellite) Exploration of outer space. Research. Moon -- Photographs from space. Moon -- Maps. Moon -- Pictorial works. Earth (Planet -- Photographs from space. Outer space -- Exploration -- Japan. Moon -- Research -- Japan. Earth (Planet) Japan. Moon. Outer space. Maps. Photographs from space. Pictorial works.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8897100

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Other authors / contributors:	Wood, Charles A.
ISBN:	9781441972859 (e-book) 1441972854 (e-book) 9781441972842
Notes:	Description based on print version record.
Summary:	This volume presents a "gallery" or collection of unique portraits of the moon. The 100 detailed photographs are presented in a standard format as wide angle, low perspective views of a single feature or geographical complex, assembled from many separate lunar orbiter photos taken in high definition video. In late 2007, the Japanese Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) placed the Kaguya/ Selene spacecraft in orbit around the Moon to probe the Moon's surface and interior. But unlike previous lunar orbiters, Kaguya carries a high definition television camera (HDTV) sent beyond Earth orbit. The output shows the Moon as it would be seen by an astronaut looking through a porthole window while orbiting only 100 km above the lunar surface.
Other form:	Print version: Shirao, Motomaro. Kaguya lunar atlas. New York: Springer, c2011 9781441972842

Table of Contents:

The Kaguya Lunar Atlas; The Kaguya Lunar Atlas; Contents; Contents; About the Authors; About the Authors; Acknowledgments; Acknowledgments; Part I Background; Part I Background; Chapter 1: The Kaguya Mission; Chapter 1: The Kaguya Mission; Chapter 2: Kaguya's HDTV and Its Imaging; Chapter 2: Kaguya's HDTV and Its Imaging; Chapter 3: Images of Earth and Kaguya's Impact on the Moon; Chapter 3: Images of Earth and Kaguya's Impact on the Moon; Chapter 4: The Lunar Surface; Chapter 4: The Lunar Surface; Part II The Atlas; Part II The Atlas; ORGANIZATION OF THE ATLAS; ORGANIZATION OF THE ATLAS.

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