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ZZ-ZZ-U-September-2013.jpgAnother "Meteor Strike"?162 visiteAny type of clustering in sightings would be significant because one would expect a rather random distribution across the surface of the moon. This has not been the case. During Moon-Blink, NASA discovered that almost a third of the known sightings at the time came from the Aristarchus crater. The first known sighting was on February 4th, 1821, by Captain Kater and several more were seen for the next 100 years. Many described the event as resembling a star appearing momentarily in the crater or a wall being illuminated (Armagh, Hanks).
The first notable modern observation of the event took place on October 13, 1959, when E.H. Rowe looked at the crater through his 36-inch telescope. He also saw the white flash, but unlike others, he also spotted a reddish glow that was at the perimeter of the white flash. It lasted a few seconds, then only the normal glow remained. Just over 4 years later, on October 29, 1963, James A, Greenacre and Edward Barr (both at Lowell Observatory) examined the crater. They too saw red, orange, and pink colors but did not secure any pictures. However, Greenacre was established as a well-respected lunar expert, so the findings had some weight to them. And a few days later, on November 1 and 2, 1963 Zdenek Kopal and Thomas Rackham see similar luminescence on the moon and were able to photograph them. These findings were published in Scientific American that year, and more and more sightings of the event were being recorded by others. Astronauts even got a first-hand view of this. During Apollo 11, NASA was told that a TLP was happening at that moment in the crater. They asked the Apollo 11 crew to look at the crater from their vantage point and found that indeed the general area seemed to glow (Seargent 14, Hanks).
The usual theories came into play with the crater to explain its glowing aspects, and it should be noted that Aristarchus has some interesting properties in and of itself that make the seemingly anomalous clustering make more sense. For starts, its albedo (reflectivity) is much higher than its surroundings. Also, it has a central peak in its center that is rather high, catching lots of sunlight and adding to the contrast of its surroundings. And it’s in a prime viewing spot, being easy to spot and also visually interesting to look at. All of these make it a prime location for seeing TLPs.
Hanks, Micah. “The Aristarchus Anomaly: A Beacon on the Moon?” mysteriousuniverse.org. 8th Kind Pty Ltd, 28 Nov. 2013. Web. 25 Sept. 2018MareKromium
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ZZ-ZZ-U-March-2013-lunar-impact-as-seen-from-Earth_NASAS-Scientific-Viz-Studio.jpgImpact or Volcanic Residual Activity?181 visiteFor a while now, astronomers with their telescopes pointed at the Moon have noticed short flashes of light, multiple times a week on the Moon's surface. The flashes seemed to begin, light up a part of the moon's landscape and die off in a matter of seconds. Other times, it's the exact opposite: the surface grows darker in a small region than the rest of the Moon very briefly.
Oddly, this phenomena has been observed on-and-off by astronomers for over 60 years, but without an explanation for it. A team of researchers from the Julius-Maximilians-Universitat Wurzburg (JMU) in Bavaria, Germany decided they've had enough of the mystery — they're decoding the strange, regular flashes with the hope of finding what's causing the "transient lunar phenomena".
The team has built a special telescope for the task that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to autonomously watch for and pick up on the light flashes.
The telescope collects video and photographs whenever it picks up on a flash of light, which will then be studied by scientists to decode the underlying cause. The team is planning to upgrade it soon with a neural network that can also filter out false positives, like birds and airplanes, from actual flashes from the lunar surface. For now, researchers do have some ideas about what could be causing them.
One of the causes could be the Moon's seismic activity, Hakan Kayal, professor of space technology at JMU, told Metro. "When the surface moves, gases that reflect sunlight could escape from the interior of the moon. This would explain the luminous phenomena, some of which last for hours".
However, the brief flashes that only last minutes or seconds are less understood. The leading theory for these shorter flashes is meteorite impacts. "Such flashes could also occur when electrically charged particles of the solar wind react with moon dust".MareKromium
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ZZ-ZZ-U-Lunar_impact_Gif_pillars.gifImpact on the Moon?145 visiteSince March 2017, the NELIOTA project has been monitoring the dark side of the Moon for flashes of light caused by tiny pieces of rock striking the Moon's surface.
This sequence of 12 consecutive frames shows a bright flash detected on 4 frames during observations on 1 March 2017. The red arrows point to the location of the impact flash, near the edge of the frame.MareKromium
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ZZ-ZZ-U-Flare.jpgLunar Flare (1953)258 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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The_Moon_-_Rupes_Recta-0.jpgRupes Recta372 visiteRupes Recta is a Linear Fault, or Rille, located on the Moon, in the South-Eastern part of the Mare Nubium, at about 22,1° South Latitude and 7,8° West Longitude.
The name is Latin for "Straight Fault", although this feature is more commonly known as "The Straight Wall". This is the most well-known Escarpment existing on the Moon, and it is also a VERY popular target for amateur astronomers. When the Sun illuminates the feature at an oblique angle, around Day 8 of the Moon's orbit, the Rupes Recta casts a wide shadow that gives it the appearance of a Steep Cliff.
This Fault has a length of approx. 110 Km, a typical width of 2–3 Km and a height of approx. 240–300 mt. Even though the Rupes Recta appears to be a Vertical Cliff on the Lunar Surface, the actual grade of the slope is relatively shallow (low).
To the West of the Rupes, lays the Crater Birt, which is about 10,5 miles in diameter. Also to the West is the Rima Birt Rille. At the Southern End of the Fault, there is a group of Hills often called the "Stag's-Horn Mountains", although this name is not officially recognized by the IAU. To the North-East of the Rupes, the Crater Alpetragius can be found, while to the East lays the Crater Thebit.MareKromium
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The_Moon_-_Rupes_Recta-1.jpgRupes Recta294 visiteMareKromium
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The_Moon_-_Rupes_Recta-2.jpgRupes Recta192 visiteMareKromium
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The_Moon_-_Rupes_Recta-3.jpgRupes Recta202 visiteMareKromium
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UnknownLunarEvent-010-ADT-MF-LXT_c.jpgUnknown Lunar Event (credits: Alessandro Della Torre; additional process.: Alessandro Della Torre)1080 visite...a GRANDE RICHIESTA...MareKromium
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UnknownLunarEvent-005-ADT-MF-LXT_c.jpgUnknown Lunar Event (credits: Alessandro Della Torre; additional process.: Dr Marco Faccin - Lunexit Team)1080 visiteCari Amici di Lunar Explorer Italia,
è con immensa gratitudine nei confronti del nostro Amico e Partner, Alessandro Della Torre (Fotografo Professionista di Milano) che la nostra Privata Associazione di Ricerca e Divulgazione può finalmente portare a conoscenza del Grande Pubblico quello che accadde nella notte del 6 Aprile dell'Anno Domini 2009: un Fenomeno Transitorio di grande magnitudine e - riteniamo - di straordinaria portata (e dunque di oggettivo valore storico) si è infatti verificato sulla nostra Luna, nelle vicinanze del Mare Marginis ed in prossimità dei Crateri Alhazen A ed Hansen B (per quanto attiene il lato Sud dell'Evento) ed i Crateri Cannon ed Hubble C (per quanto concerne il lato Nord dell'Evento Anomalo).
Questo Evento Anomalo (da noi battezzato "Evento Della Torre", in omaggio al suo Scopritore) viene trattato in un ampio articolo che è stato appena pubblicato su TruePlanets e che è stato curato dal Team Lunexit (e specificamente dal Dr Paolo C. Fienga e dal Dr Alessio Feltri per quanto attiene la parte narrativa della trattazione, e dai Drr Marco Faccin e Gianluigi Barca per quanto riguarda l'image-processing).
Nell'invitarVi a leggere l'articolo ed a contattarci nel caso aveste domande o riflessioni da fare e/o da svolgere, Vi precisiamo che l'Evento in oggetto è stato anche studiato dalla NASA (per l'esattezza da alcuni Membri del Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Team) la quale, tuttavia, non è stata in grado di fornire spiegazioni su quanto accaduto. L'"Evento Della Torre", in effetti, costituisce, ad oggi, un autentico Mistero Lunare il quale, come avrete modo di leggere, è, si, suscettibile di spiegazioni multiple, ma nessuna di esse - al momento - può essere ritenuta come decisamente prevalente sulle altre o, se volete, "definitiva".
Vi rammmentiamo, infine, che le immagini originali dell'Evento (ossìa quelle prive del watermark che, come potete capire, abbiamo dovuto applicare nei "punti strategici" dei frames per evidenti motivi di tutela non solo dell'Autore della Scoperta, ma anche del Gruppo Lunexit - che ha effettuato un duro lavoro di image-processing), potranno essere visionate e/o acquisite, in accordo ai termini che verranno in seguito definiti, facendo un'adeguata richiesta scritta al Sig. Alessandro Della Torre ED a Lunar Explorer Italia.
Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunar Explorer Italia (Presidente e Socio Fondatore)MareKromium
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ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-FM-TLP-Lunar_Impact.gifLunar Impact?260 visiteUno splendido TLP ripreso "in diretta" e poi montato su questo interessantissimo GIF-Movie: un "flash", un lampo improvviso si accende sulla Superficie Lunare nelle immediate prossimità del Cratere "Gauss".
Gli Scienziati sono unanimi: è l'evidenza oggettiva di un Meteor Strike. Un impatto, insomma, tra un bolide di dimensioni irrisorie (quanto un pallone da calcio, più o meno) e la Superficie della Luna.
Certo, viaggiando a quasi 50000 Km orari, anche un "pallone da calcio", all'atto di urtare contro una superficie solida e massiccia, arriva a possedere un quantum di energia cinetica tale da consentire l'espressione di un lampo luminoso ma...Siamo davvero CERTI (al 100% intendiamo) che i "lampi lunari" sìano SOLO e SEMPRE le evidenze di impatti?
Pensiamoci sopra...MareKromium
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ZZ-ZZ-U-Flash-MeteorImpact-Moon.gifMeteor Strike on the New Moon's limb? (GIF-Movie)188 visiteTLP? No: questo GIF-Movie ci mostra - e MOLTO bene! - l'effetto luminoso prodotto da un bolide che impatta la Luna. Un rapido lampo particolarmente intenso ("Primary Flash" o "bagliore da impatto") e quindi una serie di lampi ulteriori - dovete osservare il filmato varie volte per riuscire a coglierli - che degradano in una debole luminescenza la quale, infine, viene avvolta dall'oscurità ("Secondary Flashes" o "bagliori secondari da impatto").
Ora, la domanda che ci è stata rivolta è questa: i "Lunar Flash" derivanti da (o connessi a) Meteor Strikes (o Impatti Meteorici) possono essere considerati del Transient Lunar Phoenomena?
Ebbene, se - da un certo punto di vista - ogni fenomeno estemporaneo (ergo anche il lampo di luce derivante da un impatto) è, per definizione, un "Evento Transiente", la Verità, se non altro a parere di chi scrive, è che i TLP "Puri" NON RICOMPRENDONO i bagliori da impatto.MareKromium
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