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Mitsunobu Kawada

Researcher at Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Publications -  143
Citations -  4870

Mitsunobu Kawada is an academic researcher from Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The author has contributed to research in topics: Galaxy & Telescope. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 142 publications receiving 4755 citations. Previous affiliations of Mitsunobu Kawada include Nagoya University.

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The infrared astronomical mission AKARI

Hiroshi Murakami, +100 more
TL;DR: AKARI as mentioned in this paper, the first Japanese satellite dedicated to infrared astronomy, was launched on 2006 February 21, and started observations in May of the same year, and has a 68.5 cm cooled telescope, together with two focal-plane instruments, which survey the sky in six wavelength bands from mid- to far-infrared.
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The Infrared Astronomical Mission AKARI

TL;DR: AKARI as discussed by the authors, the first Japanese satellite dedicated to infrared astronomy, was launched on 2006 February 21, and started observations in May of the same year, and has a 68.5 cm cooled telescope, together with two focal-plane instruments, which survey the sky in six wavelength bands from the mid- to far-infrared.
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The Far-Infrared Surveyor (FIS) for AKARI

TL;DR: The Far-Infrared Surveyor (FIS) is one of two focal-plane instruments on the AKARI satellite as discussed by the authors, which has four photometric bands at 65, 90, 140, and 160 mu m and uses two kinds of array detectors.