TopicsImages from the 2nd touchdown

These are images acquired during the 2nd touchdown operation on July 11. Please also see [here] for the images released during the touchdown bulletin.


■ Movie before and after touchdown taken with the small monitor camera (CAM-H)

Video created from images captured with CAM-H. The images were taken on July 11, 2019 between 10:03:54 JST (onboard time) and 10:11:44 JST. The first image was taken at an altitude of about 8.5m and the last is from an altitude of about 150m. Images were captured at intervals between 0.5s and 5s.
(Image credit: JAXA)

Cooperation: Kimura lab., Tokyo University of Science
(The technology for CAM-H is the result of previous collaborative research between JAXA and the Tokyo University of Science.)


■ Images from the wide angle Optical Navigation Cameras (ONC-W1 and ONC-W2)

Composite image taken with the ONC-W1 and ONC-W2 just before touchdown. The lower half of the image was captured by the ONC-W1 on July 11, 2019 at 10:04:57 JST and the upper half was captured with the ONC-W2 at 10:04:58 JST (onboard times).
(Image credit※:JAXA, Chiba Institute of Technology, University of Tokyo, Kochi University, Rikkyo University, Nagoya University, Meiji University, University of Aizu, AIST)

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    (Image credit※:JAXA, Chiba Institute of Technology, University of Tokyo, Kochi University, Rikkyo University, Nagoya University, Meiji University, University of Aizu, AIST)


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