Physics
Scientific paper
Jun 1977
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977pepi...14..185m&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 Craters, Moonquakes, Optical Properties, Transient Response, Volcanology, Geomorphology, Lunar Evolution, Lunar Maps
Scientific paper
Periodic and morphological characteristics of lunar transient phenomena (LTP) are described. Some early historical records are reviewed. Most sites of LTP's show evidence of internal disturbance either initiated from within or by volcanic modification of impact formations. Some individual crater sites are described. The probability of the reliability of at least some, and probably most, reports has been increased by the later discovery of the periodic nature of the deep-focus and shallow moonquakes; spurious reports would not have produced the periodicity of LTP's, but random errors would increase the noise level. The conclusion to be drawn from the inadequacy of external energy sources is that some energy must be injected from within the moon, probably in the excitation of gases, but this must remain speculation until better data are obtained. The underlying problem now is still the difficulty of obtaining permanent instrumental records; only twenty heterogeneous reports are known at present.
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