From: Terry Colvin <fortean1.nul>
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 12:48:54 -0500 (EST)
Archived: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:58:13 -0500
Subject: Transient Lunar Phenomena


Mysterious Moon Flashes Signs Of 'Last Gasps'?
from National Geographic News

http://snipr.com/d09is

Astronomer Arlin Crotts is trying to solve a 400-year-old
puzzle. Ever since the invention of the telescope, said the
Columbia University astrophysicist, observers around the world
have occasionally watched small areas of the moon brighten or
'turn fuzzy'. Sometimes they even turn reddish.

Because the bright patches are ephemeral, lasting only a few
minutes, these events have come to be known as transient lunar
phenomena, or TLPs. "About 1,500 of these have been reported,"
Crotts said.

Astronomers already know they're not meteorite impacts. Those
produce brighter, briefer flashes as the meteorite hits the
surface and vaporizes. But nobody yet knows what TLPs are - or
even whether they truly exist.


Terry W. Colvin
Ladphrao (Bangkok), Thailand
Pran Buri (Hua Hin), Thailand



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