Overview
- The only collection of articles describing the mission and instrumention of Kaguya
- Details the measurements and scientific investigations collected during the Kaguya mission
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Keywords
- JAXA Kaguya mission
- lunar exploration
- lunar gravity field study
- lunar missions
About this book
JAXA’s Kaguya mission was successfully launched to the Moon on September 14, 2007 reaching its nominal 100 km circular orbit on October 19 after releasing two subsatellites Okina and Ouna in elliptical orbits with perilunes of 100 km and apolunes of 2400 and 800 km respectively. Observations were obtained for 10 months during the nominal mission beginning in mid-December 2007 followed by 8 month extended mission where data were obtained in lower orbits.
The articles in this book were written by experts in each of the scientific areas of the Kaguya mission, and describe both the mission and the individual scientific investigations, including their objectives, the specifications of the instruments, their calibrations and initial results. This book is essential reading to all potential users of the Kaguya data and those interested in the scientific results of the mission, the properties of the lunar surface and crust and planetary exploration in general.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Kaguya Mission to the Moon
Editors: A. Matsuoka, C.T. Russell
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-8121-9
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-8252-0
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IV, 342
Additional Information: Previously Published in Space Science Reviews Volume 154, Nos. 1-4, 2010