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Fig. 13

From: Utilization of a meteorological satellite as a space telescope: the lunar mid-infrared spectrum as seen by Himawari-8

Fig. 13

The lunar image of 2017/09/10 05:40 at band 14 with the lunar rim bent by the terrestrial atmosphere. The yellow circle is the lunar rim determined by fitting a circle. The green line is the Earth’s rim. The red line is the rim of the eliminated area from the following analysis, that is, a circle with a radius of 100.45% of the Earth. The lunar pixels between the red and green lines are refracted by the terrestrial atmosphere

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