TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES, AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN
Online ISSN : 1884-0485
ISSN-L : 1884-0485
k) Solar System Exploration and Scientific Research
Science Summary of Kaguya Mission
Manabu KATOSusumu SASAKIYoshisada TAKIZAWAthe Kaguya Team
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2012 Volume 10 Issue ists28 Pages Tk_1-Tk_5

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The Kaguya mission completed by collision of the Kaguya spacecraft on targeted place of the Moon on June 11, 2009. The Kaguya science team makes endeavors to archive data for data opening to public, and to study using the Kaguya data. Although data analysis and science study are ongoing, scientific achievements obtained so far are summarized concerning with the origin and evolution of the Moon as a ultimate science target of Kaguya mission: Ubiquitous identification of pure anorthosite in outcrops of central peaks of large craters by Multi-band Imager (MI) and Spectral Profiler (SP), discovery of multi reflectors of radio waves under large mares and ocean in the nearside by Lunar Radar Sounder (LRS), confirmation of free-air gravity anomaly in the whole Moon and identification of farside anomaly different from nearside one of mass concentration by Relay Satellite Transponder (RSAT), confirmation of lunar global topography by Lunar Altimeter (LALT), re-estimation of crustal thickness by Kaguya data of gravity and topography, re-estimation of formation ages of farside mares by crater counting using high resolution images of Terrain Camera (TC), confirmation of magnetic anomalies and mini-magnetosphere by Lunar Magnetometer (LMAG) and Plasma Angle Composition Experiment (PACE), reconfirmation of global distribution of radio-active elements K, U and Th by Gamma-ray Spectrometer (GRS), and discovery of solar wind proton reflection and access into lunar wake by PACE.
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