The Kaguya Lunar Atlas (eBook)

The Moon in High Resolution

Motomaro Shirao, Charles A. Wood (Autoren)

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2011 | 1. Auflage
IX, 173 Seiten
Springer-Verlag
978-1-4419-7285-9 (ISBN)

Infos

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. Sponsored by the Japanese NHK TV network, the HDTV has amazed both scientists and the public with its magnificent views of the lunar surface. What makes these images so much more engaging than standard vertical view lunar photography is that they are taken looking obliquely along the flight path. Thus, they show the Moon as it would be seen by an astronaut looking through a porthole window while orbiting only 100 km above the lunar surface. This is the view we all would wish to have but are never likely to, except vicariously through the awe-inspiring Kaguya HDTV images. Each page features a HDTV image with a map of the entire Moon on the upper left showing where the image is located. On the upper right is a100-150 word description. Seeing the Moon is not intended solely for lunar scientists who are striving to work out the mysteries of the Moon's origin and evolution. Everyone can appreciate the natural beauty and be entranced by the view of the nearby world where humans may one day live.

Autor

About the AuthorsMotomaro Shirao has been a free-lance photographer and science writer since he finished his Master Course in Volcanic Geology at the University of Tokyo in 1980. He has written many articles about the Moon, volcanoes, geology, and geomorphology. His publications include Graphic Natural History of Volcanoes, Geology and Geomorphology of Japan, Basics of the Moon, and Wonderful Landscapes of the World (all written in Japanese). He is a co-investigator of Kaguya's Terrain Camera and HDTV. Charles Wood is a senior scientist at the Planetary Science Institute in Arizona and director of the Center for Educational Technologies at Wheeling Jesuit University in West Virginia. He is the author of The New Moon – A Personal View, published in 2003; The Lunar 100 Chart in 2004; and has written monthly columns about the Moon since 1999 for Sky & Telescope magazine. He is the originator of the websites Lunar Photo of the Day and The Moon Wiki. He studies the Moon with the latest spacecraft images and with a small telescope in his backyard.

Inhalt

The Kaguya Lunar Atlas 2
Contents 4
About the Authors 5
Acknowledgments 6
Part I Background 7
Chapter1: The Kaguya Mission 8
Chapter 2: Kaguya’s HDTV and Its Imaging 13
Overview of the HDTV System 13
Operation 16
Images of Earthrise and Earthset 16
Images of the Moon 18
Still Images from HDTV 19
Chapter 3: Images of Earth and Kaguya’s Impact on the Moon 26
Chapter 4: The Lunar Surface 36
Impact Craters and Basins 36
Lunar Volcanism 42
Faults 44
Part II The Atlas 48
ORGANIZATION OF THE ATLAS 49
Lunar Names 57
Chapter 5: Plates 1 to 28 59
Chapter 6: Plates 29 to 64 88
Chapter 7: Plates 65 to 100 125
Thumbnail Index 162
Subject Index 168

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.1.2011
• Zusatzinfo: IX, 173 p. 126 illus., 9 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
• Schlagworte: Amateur Astronomy • Astronaut view moon • HDTV moon • Hi-def photos • Japanese Moon mission • JAXA Selene • Kaguya Moon atlas • lunar atlas • lunar geology • lunar surface video • space exploration
• ISBN-10: 1-4419-7285-4 / 1441972854
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4419-7285-9 / 9781441972859