Artigo Revisado por pares

Infrared and visible images of the eclipsed Moon of December 19, 1964

1966; Elsevier BV; Volume: 5; Issue: 1-6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0019-1035(66)90076-5

ISSN

1090-2643

Autores

J. M. Saari, R. W. Shorthill, T.K. Deaton,

Tópico(s)

Historical Astronomy and Related Studies

Resumo

The Moon was scanned with 10″ arc resolution at 0.45 and 10–12 microns during the total lunar eclipse of December 19, 1964. It was found that the lunar surface exhibits a surprising amount of thermal inhomogeneity. Hundreds of thermal anomalies were observed, most of which can be identified with bright craters or white areas. Certain maria and portions of maria were found to be thermally enhanced over their environs during the eclipse. The analog signals recorded on magnetic tape were used to make visible and infrared images from the scan data.

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