Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Moonbell Moon music by JAXA

moonbell : listening to the topography of the moon.http://wms.selene.jaxa.jp/selene_sok/index_en.html
Lunar orbiting satellite Kaguya (SELENE) <http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/selene/index_e.html>
was launched from Tanegashima Space Center on September 14, 2007 at 10:31am.
Kaguya is currently orbiting the moon, taking observations of the lunar surface with 14 different sensors.
moonbell uses data from one of those sensors, a laser altimeter, or LALT, transforming the altitude data into musical intervals.