By Tom Clarke, science and technology editor
Until we get another update from JAXA it's impossible to know what might have gone wrong with the SLIM lander.
However, there was an indication in the news conference that power problems could be because the solar cells aren't orientated correctly.
One potential cause of that is that SLIM landed the wrong way up.
One of the design choices was for the probe to touch down on two shock absorbing feet and then flop down like a domino onto its other feet.
A problem at the moment of landing, or with the slope of terrain on which it landed could have led to the lander toppling the wrong way leaving the solar cells pointing at the ground rather than the sky.
More data, and hopefully an image of the landing would tell the mission engineers more, but given their need to ration power it's likely to be a week before we know more.
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