PLATO  L.T.P. PLOTS

BY QUADRANT BINS

BY

DAVID O. DARLING

If we take the libration chart for total L.T.P. events and break it down into bins with in this libration scale we come up with 56 squares. Each square will consist of four of the smaller squares. Taking the total count for these four bins as a single unit we can see what appears to be pockets of low activity and pockets of multiple bins that have strong activity. I have highlighted the bins consisting of 11 or more reports in red to show bunching of strong activity. The yellow indicates medium activity going from 6  to 10 events, with the green being the lowest areas of activity going from 1 to 5 events.

Plato Total L.T.P. Plot

Graph © 2004 by David O. Darling, Director L.T.P. Research.

By taking into consideration the Earth's Selenographic Longitude and Latitude for these bins the data would indicate your chances would be better to view at these times if you wanted to witness an event. The other conclusion that can be made from this data is that the Moon's libration angles may be a contributing factor for many of the reported lunar transient events.

Libration Plot divided into 56 squares

Graph © 2004 by David O. Darling, Director L.T.P. Research.