Nonuniform Cooling of the Eclipsed Moon: A Listing of Thirty Prominent Anomalies

8 October 1965

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Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 150 (3693) , 210-212
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.150.3693.210

Abstract

Infrared scanning during a total eclipse has revealed hundreds of hot spots, many identified with craters smaller than the detector resolution. Areal corrections show that some of these features may have the thermal properties of bare rock. Correlation of thermal response with albedo and radar reflectivity shows discrepancies. There is a concentration of hot spots in Mare Tranquillitatis.

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