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Transient Phenomena on the Moon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2017

Patrick Moore
Patrick Moore*
Affiliation:
Farthings, 39 West Street, Selsey, Sussex

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The occurrence of short-lived, localized colour phenomena on the Moon has long been supported by amateur observers, but it is only in comparatively recent times that there has been satisfactory confirmatory evidence. In view of the recent results from the seismometer left on the Moon by Apollo 12, it seems appropriate to give a summary of the present situation with regard to these transient lunar phenomena now known generally as T.L.P.s.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 8: Experimental Techniques for the Determination of Fundamental Spectroscopic Data , March 1971 , pp. 45 - 47
Copyright
Copyright © Blackwell Scientific Publications 1971

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