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| | | | | | | SMART-1 maps Kaguya lunar impact
10 June 2009
| These SMART-1 images show a 133-km wide strip (60°S to 68°S) as seen from above the expected impact point. The Kaguya impact site (80.4°E 65.5°S) is indicated by the circle in the centre.
These images were taken early on in SMART-1’s mission in January 2005, from a distance of about 1000 km, with the Sun shining from the West. Later on in the mission, the satellite operated from a distance of 300 km from the south pole, obtaining higher resolution views.
Credits: ESA/SMART-1/Space-X (Space Exploration Institute), Image mosaic: ESA (B. Grieger and B. Foing) | |  |  | |
| | | | | This SMART-1 image shows the Kaguya impact site based on the most updated estimate of the impact which occurred on 10 June 2009 at 20:25 CEST at 80.4°E, 65.5°S.
The image was taken on 31 January 2006 from a distance of 750 km with a field of view of 70 km. North is at the top in this view. The Kaguya orbiter sheared over the lunar surface, coming into this view from the south. An elevated crater rim is visible in the way of the satellite. The crater rim affects the angle of incidence, the impact flash and the dynamics of the ejected matter.
Credits: ESA/SMART-1/Space-X (Space Exploration Institute), Image mosaic: ESA (B. Grieger and B. Foing) | | | | |
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| | SMART-1 Related articles Kaguya – another chapter for the lunar sagaSMART-1 impact flash and debris: crash scene investigationRelated Links KAGUYA at JAXAKAGUYA at ISASESA Bulletin SMART-1
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