Kaguya is going to end its mission today (June 10th), crashing into the surface of the moon. :(
From Spaceweather.com:
IMPACT ALERT: Japan’s Kaguya spacecraft will crash into the Moon on Wednesday, June 10th, at around 1830 UT. The timing favors telescopic observers in east Asia, Australia and New Zealand, who may be able to see a brief flash of light or a plume of debris rising from the Moon’s southeastern limb close to selenographic coordinates 80ºE, 63ºS. The expected impact point is marked by a red dot in this image from astrophotographer Pete Lawrence:
This reminds me to post my song Kaguya:
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, which is in honor of Kaguya, and off my album Milkshake Daddy: Secret Lives of Probes, Satellites and Rovers
