KAGUYA (SELENE)

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KAGUYA (SELENE)

Antoniadi taken by HDTV (low altitude)

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched "KAGUYA (SELENE)" by the H-IIA Launch Vehicle at 10:31:01 a.m. on September 14, 2007 (JST) from Tanegashima Space Center (TNSC). The major objectives of the "KAGUYA" mission are to obtain scientific data of the lunar origin and evolution and to develop the technology for the future lunar exploration. "KAGUYA" consists of a main orbiting satellite at about 100km altitude and two small satellites (Relay Satellite and VRAD Satellite) in polar orbit. The orbiters will carry instruments for scientific investigation of the Moon, on the Moon, and from the Moon.

KAGUYA was descended to the 50km altitude from February 1, 2009 and then was descended again to 10-30km in Lower altitude (Perilune) from April 16, 2009. Finally, KAGUYA was impacted to the south-east of near side of the Moon on June 10, 2009 (GMT).

We are very appreciated for your support to KAGUYA mission.

KADIAS (KAguya Data Integrated Analysis System)

KAGUYA Data Archive

The SELENE Data Archive will be closed on September 29, 2017. Kaguya data will continuously be provided on the SELENE Planetary Data System (PDS) site *1 and the KADIAS (KAguya Data Integrated Analysis System)*2. We hope that Kaguya data contributes to your research and activities ongoingly. *1:PDS *2:KADIAS

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"Result of KAGUYA"
Aug 15, 2023: Global dose distributions of neutrons and gamma‑rays on the Moon(Masayuki Naito, et al. Scientific Reports)
May 13, 2023: Lunar Mantle Composition Based on Spectral and Geologic Analysis of Low-Ca Pyroxene- and Olivine-Rich Rocks Exposed on the Lunar Surface(Satoru Yamamoto, et al. JGR Planets)
Apr 23, 2023: Sub-ion-gyro scale magnetic field compressions generated by the solar wind interaction with the moon(Tomoko Nakagawa, et al. Earth, Planets and Space)
Nov 26, 2022: Sample studies and SELENE (Kaguya) observations of purest anorthosite (PAN) in the primordial lunar crust for future sample return mission(Hiroshi Nagaoka, et al. Icarus)
Jan 18, 2022: Global Distribution and Geological Context of Co‐Existing Occurrences of Olivine‐Rich and Plagioclase‐Rich Materials on the Lunar Surface(Satoru Yamamoto, et al. JGR Planets)
Jan 4, 2022: An event study on broadband electric field noises and electron distributions in the lunar wake boundary(Masaki N. Nishino, et al. Earth, Planets and Space)
Sep 2, 2021: Investigation of the source region of the lunar-meteorite group with the remote sensing datasets: Implication for the origin of mare volcanism in Mare Imbrium(Hiroshi Nagaoka, et al. Icarus)
Jul 21, 2020: Asteroid shower on the Earth-Moon system immediately before the Cryogenian period revealed by KAGUYA(Kentaro Terada, et al. Nature Communications)
May 6, 2020: KAGUYA observation of global emissions of indigenous carbon ions from the Moon(Shoichiro Yokota, et al. Science Advances)
Oct 10, 2019: Volcanic history in the Smythii basin based on SELENE radar observation(Ken Ishiyama, et al. Scientific Reports)
Aug 27, 2019: Potassium and Thorium Abundances at the South Pole‐Aitken Basin Obtained by the Kaguya Gamma‐Ray Spectrometer(Masayuki Naito, et al. JGR Planets)
Aug 01, 2019: Decrease of the interplanetary magnetic field strength on the lunar dayside and over the polar region(Masaki N. Nishino, et al. Icarus)
Jul 19, 2019: Tidal resonance of eigenmode oscillation in the early Earth's ocean and its acceleration effect on the Moon's orbital evolution(Mai Motoyama, et al. Icarus)

*For all pagers*: Result of KAGUYA