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A image of the Venus' night-side produced by IR2 (2)

Material No :

P100010598

Material type :

Observational data

Shooting date:

2016/03/29

Category :

Satellites and Spacecraft > Lunar and Planetary Exploration Spacecraft > Venus Climate Orbiter "AKATSUKI " (PLANET-C)

Contents :

This movie is produced from the IR2 2.26μm imaes. Original 4 images were acquired with 4 hour intervals from 07:03 UT. In 4 hours, the super-rotating clouds move by 〜10 degrees. Such images are numerically derotated to produce intermediate images so that the resultant motion becomes smoother. (a distance of 0.36 million km from Venus)

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Applicable range :

For the media and educational (No commercial use)

High-res image :

73.34KB (512 x 512)