Transient Lunar Phenomena and Electrostatic Glow Discharges

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Mar 1970

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Nature, Volume 225, Issue 5236, pp. 929-930 (1970).

Physics

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TRANSIENT lunar phenomena (TLPs) are evanescent localized glows and obscurations on the Moon; Aristarchus, Alphonsus and Schroeter's Valley are well known areas of activity1. The emitted light is usually described as reddish or pinkish, sometimes with a ``sparkling'' or ``flowing'' appearance2,3. The coloration may extend for a distance of 10 miles or more on the lunar surface, with brighter spots 2-3 miles across, and is commonly associated with veiling of the surface features. The average duration of an event is some twenty minutes, but it may persist intermittently for a few hours. No permanent alteration has been detected at the site of any TLP. These phenomena are regarded as distinct from the possible low-level general luminescence most easily detected during total lunar eclipse1.

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