[meteorite-list] Venus image by Akatsuki

From: Patrick Wiggins <paw_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 22:22:20 -0700
Message-ID: <19B9F72C-64FF-4467-BAE5-407ADC3356B2_at_wirelessbeehive.com>

On 09 Dec 2010, at 14:08, Michael Murray wrote:

> I wanted to ask if you know if there was anything in the way of good news on the fate of the Akatsuki spacecraft?

Sigh...

This thin, diminishing crescent is Venus. It was taken by Akatsuki about two days after the spacecraft flew past Venus instead of entering orbit.

http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00002817/

patrick
Received on Fri 10 Dec 2010 12:22:20 AM PST