I miss covid lock downs. Those were the days. Sure, I ran out of toilet paper, but it was a small price to pay for a warmer moon.
Right before everything went to shit, I had went to Costco and accidentally bought an extra case of toilet paper, not realizing I still had some at home. I wasn’t too pissed since it wasn’t going to expire or anything, but it turned out to be one of the best accidental purchases I’ve ever made.
Overall, the lunar night temperature difference was around 8–10 Kelvin. …
The reason for the dip, according to the team, is the amount of radiation received from the Earth. During the lunar night on the near side, the Moon receives its radiation as it is reflected off the surface of the Earth. As human activities changed, and fewer pollutants were put into our atmosphere, this had a knock-on effect, with less radiation reflected toward the Moon. And so, COVID-19 lockdowns appear to have, inadvertently, briefly made the surface of the Moon colder.
