Feb 21, 2009
Posted by Ray in current, moon
Japanese probe shows the Earth eclipsing the Sun
Kaguya, the Japanese lunar probe (known in English as “Selene”) took some incredible photos. They’re high resolution images of a solar eclipse.
But it’s not the moon that’s blocking out the view of the sun; it’s US…the Earth!
Three satellites, one mission
Selene consists of a parent satellite and two smallar probes that are in polar orbits around the moon. The smaller satellites act as relay stations for images and other information.
Selene was launched in September 2007 from the Tanegashima Space Center. Its mission is to learn more about how the moon was formed and how its changed…the evolution of the moon.
But I just like to look at the pictures.
