elektrivooluna

Elektrivooluna is a proposed lunar optical phenomenon describing faint glow generated by electric currents interacting with a moonlike body's surface or exosphere. The name combines words for electric current and moon. It is a speculative concept rather than an established effect in lunar science.

Proposed mechanisms include electroluminescence in mineral grains when currents flow through regolith, triboelectric charging leading to discharge events that produce light, Joule heating of near-surface material producing thermal emission shifted into the visible, and plasma currents in any tenuous exosphere causing radiative recombination.

Context: such glow would be extremely faint on airless bodies like the Moon, requiring sustained current sources, such as magnetospheric currents or artificial infrastructure, for detectability. Observational approaches would involve spectroscopy and high-sensitivity imaging in the visible to near-infrared, ideally coordinated with solar wind conditions or lunar phase.

Current status: there is no confirmed observation of elektrivooluna; some studies discuss related processes like lunar luminescence from micrometeoroid impacts or solar wind interactions, but elektrivooluna as a distinct, coherent phenomenon remains speculative.

Implications: if observed, it could provide a non-thermal light source, aid mapping of surface conductivity and electrical environments, and influence considerations for energy management and illumination in future lunar missions.

See also: lunar luminescence, electroluminescence, space plasma interactions, lunar exosphere, triboelectric charging.