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    A transient lunar phenomenon (TLP) or lunar transient phenomenon (LTP) is a short-lived change in light, color or appearance on the surface of the Moon...
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    lunar meteorite is a meteorite that is known to have originated on the Moon. A meteorite hitting the Moon is normally classified as a transient lunar...
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    Materialism Midnight Sun Black Holes Natural Environment Nature Transient lunar phenomenon Wikimedia Commons has media related to Natural phenomena. Missy...
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    Moonbase (redirect from Lunar base)
    A moonbase, lunar base, or lunar colony is a facility on or below the surface of the Moon, enabling human activity on the Moon. As such, it is different...
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    the lander, which will communicate with Earth-based handlers. Transient lunar phenomenon – Short-lived light, color, or change in appearance on the surface...
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    archive of lunar occultations observations, (1623 to the present day) are maintained at VizieR. A transient lunar phenomenon (TLP) or "Lunar Transient Phenomena"...
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  • Sodium tail of the Moon Space weathering Topography of the Moon Transient lunar phenomenon Selenography – study of the surface and physical features of the...
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    displaying eruptions of steam that he believed he witnessed. This transient lunar phenomenon was not confirmed by other observers. To the north of Schröter...
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    appear to vanish from sight (see also transient lunar phenomenon). By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the...
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    Moon rock (redirect from Lunar sample)
    Moon rock or lunar rock is rock originating from Earth's Moon. This includes lunar material collected during the course of human exploration of the Moon...
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  • lunar surface are associated with strong magnetic fields. Solar System portal Lunar geologic timescale Lunar resources Selenography Transient lunar phenomenon...
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    appearance of the dark areas (known as lunar maria) and the lighter-colored highlands (and some lowlands) of the lunar surface. There are various explanations...
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    however, are opposite; when the terrestrial observer sees the full Moon, the lunar observer sees a "new Earth", and vice versa. Earth's albedo is three times...
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    excavate low albedo material, for example basaltic-lava deposits on the lunar maria. Thermal rays, as seen on Mars, are especially apparent at night when...
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  • cloud of carbon particles. Transient lunar phenomenon had long recorded what appeared to be temporary emissions on the lunar surface, and Kozyrev's observation...
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    reported as the site of some transient lunar phenomenon.[according to whom?] By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter...
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    Moonlight (category Lunar observation)
    brightness". The intensity of moonlight varies greatly depending on the lunar phase, but even the full moon typically provides only about 0.05–0.1 lux...
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    of transient lunar phenomenon. These typically take the form of a temporary, red-hued patch. By convention these features are identified on lunar maps...
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    the Moon. The length of Earth's day would increase and the length of a lunar month would also increase. Earth's sidereal day would eventually have the...
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    Lunar horizon glow is a phenomenon due to which dust particles on the Moon's thin Atmosphere create a glow during lunar sunset. The Surveyor program provided...
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  • a type of offshore platform used in production of oil or gas Transient lunar phenomenon, a rare illumination event on the surface of the Moon Filomeno...
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    A grazing lunar occultation (also lunar grazing occultation, lunar graze, or just graze) is a lunar occultation in which as the occulted star disappears...
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    Moon (redirect from Lunar mass)
    of the reported lunar transient phenomena. Recently, it has been suggested that a roughly 3 km (1.9 mi) diameter region of the lunar surface was modified...
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    to observe impacts of meteoroids on the Moon, as an example of transient lunar phenomenon. A particular reason to observe the Moon is that our vantage from...
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    Schmitt, while in lunar orbit) reported seeing light "flashes" apparently originating from the lunar surface, known as transient lunar phenomena (TLP);...
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    A wrinkle ridge is a type of feature commonly found on lunar maria, or basalt plains. These features are low, sinuous ridges formed on the mare surface...
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  • known as lunar transient phenomenon (LTP)]. ALPO's "Lunar Recorder" for 1957-1961 was Alika K. Herring, an individual whose drawings of lunar craters would...
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    the large number of reported transient lunar phenomena, as well as recent emissions of radon gas as measured by the Lunar Prospector spacecraft. Aristarchus...
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    Way Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev, astronomer, observed the transient lunar phenomenon Georgij A. Krasinsky, astronomer, researched planetary motions...
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  • program to detect transient lunar phenomenon (TLP) was begun by the staff. Using two-person observer teams, a total of 6,466 man-hours of lunar observation...
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