Physics
Scientific paper
Jun 1977
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977pepi...14..293v&link_type=abstract
(NASA and Lunar Science Institute, Special Symposium on the Recent Activity in the Moon, Houston, Tex., Mar. 16, 1976.) Physics
Physics
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Lunar Atmosphere, Lunar Surface, Optical Properties, Outgassing, Transient Response, Apollo Flights, Gas Transport, Glow Discharges, Lunar Craters
Scientific paper
Lunar transient phenomena have been attributed to the release of gases from within the moon. The failure of the Apollo surface experiments to detect significant atmospheric enhancements can be used to establish upper limits to the amount of gases now being released from the various sites associated with lunar transient phenomena. An analysis of the sensitivity of the network of Apollo Suprathermal Ion Detector Experiments indicates that they would have detected any contemporary gas release greater than 6500 kg from Alphonsus, 28,000 kg from Aristarchus, and similar quantities from other craters. The quantity of gas required to cause such phenomena as obscurations or glow discharge is probably much greater than these values. Consequently, if transient phenomena are real lunar surface events, they must originate from a mechanism other than simple gas emission.
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