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PROF. JAEGER is quite right in pointing out that I have used a high figure for the radioactivity of the Moon, and also that my value for conductivity near the surface is lower than the mean value calculated from observations. This does not necessarily prove that my values are wrong. I assume Kozyrev's observations of hot gases to be reliable. They would not have been expected on the basis of conventional views of lunar characteristics and presumably, therefore, conventional views must be modified. I have suggested some modifications, which may easily be wrong. The more conservative of Prof. Jaeger's figures, however, must almost necessarily be wrong. They show that phenomena observed by Kozyrev could not have occurred.
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FREMLIN, J. Sub-surface Temperatures on the Moon. Nature 183, 1317–1318 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1831317a0
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