Camera mounted on the twin orbiter Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) belonging to NASA sent video footage of the moon could not be seen from Earth. This video will be used by students to study the surface of that Earth's satellite.
Ebb and Flow, the name of the twin spacecraft, arrived in lunar orbit after the turn of the year. The main purpose of this mission was to study the layer below the surface of the moon. But MoonKAM (Moon Knowledge Acquired by Middle school students) camera attached to the fuselage can be used to see the far side invisible from Earth.
On January 19, 2012, Ebb operator try to the camera ability. For some time, MoonKAM quotes pictures of the lunar surface from an altitude of 55 kilometers when the aircraft is behind the moon.
Ebb and Flow, the name of the twin spacecraft, arrived in lunar orbit after the turn of the year. The main purpose of this mission was to study the layer below the surface of the moon. But MoonKAM (Moon Knowledge Acquired by Middle school students) camera attached to the fuselage can be used to see the far side invisible from Earth.
On January 19, 2012, Ebb operator try to the camera ability. For some time, MoonKAM quotes pictures of the lunar surface from an altitude of 55 kilometers when the aircraft is behind the moon.
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| The Moon’s heavily cratered, rough surface; notable sights include the Moon’s north pole, the 560-mile-wide Mare Orientale impact basin and, near the bottom of the screen, the 93-mile-wide Drygalski crater. (Picture from: http://mashable.com/) |
The result is a 30-second video clip released Thursday, February 2, 2012. The clip shows the amazing geological structures such as the Mare Orientale, the 900 kilometer-sized basin formed by the collision with the asteroid.
Video also show the Drygalski crater 149 kilometers in diameter that have a star-shaped peak of billions of years old.
This geological formation never be seen from the telescope on Earth. Therefore, the moon has a unique composition of the Earth, which is only half the ball side of Earth facing the moon. This phenomenon is referred to as tidal lock. Side never seen from Earth is referred to as the far side.
"The video quality is amazing. Students will be encouraged to use the camera to study the moon," said principal investigator GRAIL mission of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Maria Zuber. *** [ANTON WILLIAM | KORAN TEMPO 3783]
Video also show the Drygalski crater 149 kilometers in diameter that have a star-shaped peak of billions of years old.
This geological formation never be seen from the telescope on Earth. Therefore, the moon has a unique composition of the Earth, which is only half the ball side of Earth facing the moon. This phenomenon is referred to as tidal lock. Side never seen from Earth is referred to as the far side.
"The video quality is amazing. Students will be encouraged to use the camera to study the moon," said principal investigator GRAIL mission of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Maria Zuber. *** [ANTON WILLIAM | KORAN TEMPO 3783]
