7 December 2010
Akatsuki Orbit Insertion Failure
Akatsuki fails to enter Venus orbit after a propulsion-system malfunction and continues around the Sun.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Venus in Japan. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Akatsuki fails to enter Venus orbit after a propulsion-system malfunction and continues around the Sun.
Akatsuki successfully enters Venus orbit five years after its first failed insertion attempt.
Akatsuki begins full-scale observations of Venus's atmosphere using ultraviolet, infrared and lightning instruments.
Akatsuki observations reveal a fast equatorial jet in Venus's lower-to-middle cloud layer, showing unexpected variability in atmospheric circulation.
Akatsuki observations reveal a giant streak-like cloud structure produced by large-scale atmospheric waves and high-latitude jets.
Analysis of Akatsuki data shows that thermal tides play a major role in maintaining Venus's atmospheric super-rotation.
Akatsuki infrared cloud tracking separates day and night circulation patterns and clarifies the role of thermal tides in Venus's atmosphere.
Provenance
These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Japan and Venus. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.
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