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100 1 _aShirao, Motomaro.
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe Kaguya Lunar Atlas
_h[recurso electrónico] :
_bThe Moon in High Resolution /
_cby Motomaro Shirao, Charles A. Wood.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bSpringer New York :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2011.
300 _aIX, 173 p. 126 illus., 9 illus. in color.
_bonline resource.
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505 0 _aPart 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.
520 _aIn 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 the Moon. 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 the images much more engaging than standard vertical-view lunar photographs is that they were 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. The remarkable Kaguya/Selene HDTV images are used here to create a new type of lunar atlas. Because of the unique perspective of the images each plate shows the surface in a manner that makes it visually appealing and scientifically understandable. Motomaro Shirao was a member of the Kaguya HDTV team and selected the targets for imaging. Charles Wood, an expert on lunar science and history, describes the pictures with text as informative as the images are beautiful.
650 0 _aPhysics.
650 0 _aPlanetology.
650 0 _aAstrophysics.
650 0 _aAstronomy.
650 1 4 _aPhysics.
650 2 4 _aExtraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.
650 2 4 _aPopular Science in Astronomy.
650 2 4 _aPlanetology.
700 1 _aWood, Charles A.
_eauthor.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9781441972842
856 4 0 _zLibro electrónico
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