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The author of the reading passage contends that there are plausible hypotheses that TLP , brief changes in the color or brightness of small areas of the Moon, is occurred. On the other hand, the lecturer brings up several points that contradict the reading passage's claim.
First of all, the lecturer asserts that the the phenomenon is not likely to cloud lunar gas. It is just a coincidence. Also, the gas clouds usually small amount and it is not visible on Earth. This refutes the reading passage's claim that the gas under the surface of the Moon leak out the atmosphere and this could see on Earth with conspicuous colors.
Second, the lecturer insists that dust floating is not a cause of TLPs. This is because dust should be huge in order to be seen on Earth. However, there is little dust on the Moon. Researchers found that there was not dust at all on flat rock surface. This rebuts the reading passage's claim that this phenomenon on the Moon is the illumination of dust floating which could reflect the glows that are visible from Earth.
Finally, the lecturer maintains that the solar radiation do not lead to the phenomenon. According to data analysis, when the Sun release burst of radiation, sometimes incidence of TLP matched with the highest number of flares but, sometimes it did not match at all. Therefore, there is no correlation between solar radiation and solar flares. This casts doubt on the reading passage's claim that many astronomers reported a greater coincidence of TLPs during the peak of the solar cycle when the highest number of flares.
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