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Microwave Map of Entire Moon Revealed
Zothecula writes "The first complete microwave image of the Moon taken by Chinese lunar satellite Chang'E-1 has been revealed. Chang'E-1 is China's first scientific mission to explore planetary bodies beyond Earth and the on-board Lunar Microwave Radiometer has made it possible for the first time to globally map the Moon in microwave frequencies. Radar observations of the Moon are unable to provide thermal information, and microwave observations taken from Earth cannot reach the far side of the moon. So Chang'E-1's (CE-1) orbit was conducted at an altitude of 200km (124 miles) and allowed it to observe every location of the moon with a nadir view and at high spatial resolution."
This is Chang'E I can believe in!
“That’s no moon, it’s a space station”
etc.
While I’m opening cans of worms, I’m sure the moon hoaxers would like to know whether or not it saw the American flag we left up there.
Alexander Peter Kristopeit bought his basement from his mommy for one dollar.
Psychedelic boobs may not be useful but they sure are fun.
No microwaves on the moon. Anyone traveling there will have to bring their own.
The enemies of Democracy are
As the spacecraft goes around the moon it takes pictures during the day and during the night. You take the day ones and put them in one composite, and the night ones and put them in another.
The spacecraft didn't image the whole moon (a sphere!) from 200 km up, all in one shot.
It's just like this picture, where it's night all over the planet. Or this one, where it's day everywhere and there are no clouds.