What are temporary lunar phenomena (TLP)?

transient lunar phenomena (TLP), also known as a transient lunar phenomenon, concerns sudden flashes of light; darkness; green, blue or purple coloring; reddish, pink or orange color; and floating fogs observed on the surface of the moon. Reports of temporary lunar phenomena have been returning for more than 1,000 years, but since the early 1960s, when the astronomers themselves began, they only became seriously, were really taken seriously. Modern astronomers have seen at least 300 such events, at least 2,200 reports in historical literature. More than a third of all reliable incidents were based on the Aristarchus plateau on the Moon, in the northwest part of the nearby party. For example, on 18 June 1178, five monks from Canterbury reported a "blazing torch" in the northern region of the moon shortly after sunset "considerable distance, fire, hot coal and sparks." D It's the most intensive

temporary lunar phenomena is tConfirm and verified because they are inherently transient, with no recording on a movie or video, and usually only one witness. Scientists have come up with four possible explanations for temporary lunar phenomena: impact events, outgassing, electrostatic phenomena and unfavorable observation conditions or atmospheric effects. Since transient lunar phenomena are so rare and distant, the difficult is empirically for testing these theories.

Outgassing je něco, co se do jisté míry vyskytuje prakticky na každém skalnatém těle. The volatile gases, produced by radioactive decomposition or tidal heating, are trapped in the cavities below the surface of the moon. They are then released slowly or in discrete explosions. It correlates well with one of the main places where they are observed by TLP-Kole of craters with floor layout that would provide opportunities for sublunar gases leakage.

Impact Events occur on the Moon at all times, mostly through micrometeorites. ImpactY moderately larger meteors can appear like flashes on the ground. Meteors of the whole size often hit the moon.

Another possible source of TLP is electrostatic discharges caused by the formation of cartridges due to friction, solar wind or other mechanisms. If the charge is large enough and despite a sufficiently large area, any discharge may be large enough to observe from the ground. This has not been confirmed, but

The last cause of TLP would be the most secular - observational relics caused by the Earth's atmosphere. Atmospheric distortion can cause the moon to look foggy, especially with a high -resolution binoculars.