NASA NTRS · 19720016241
Eclipse cooling of selected lunar features
Abstract
Thermal measurements were made in the 10 to 12 micron band of the lunar surface during the total eclipse of December19, 1964. A normalized differential thermal contour map is included, showing the location of the thermal anomalies or hot spots on the disk and the eclipse cooling curves of 400 sites, of which more than 300 were hot spots. The eclipse cooling data is compared to a particulate thermophysical model of the soil.
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Shorthill, R. W., Saari, J. M., Baird, F. E., Lecompte, J. R.. 1970-03-01. Eclipse cooling of selected lunar features. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19720016241
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