NATION/WORLD
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
East Oregonian
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Blue moon, supermoon, total lunar eclipse rolled into one
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.
(AP) — The moon is providing a
rare triple treat this week.
On Wednesday, much of the
world will get to see not only a
blue moon and a supermoon, but
also a total lunar eclipse, all rolled
into one. There hasn’t been a triple
lineup like this since 1982 and the
next won’t occur until 2037.
The eclipse will be visible best
in the western half of the U.S. and
Canada before the moon sets early
Wednesday morning, and across the
Pacific into Asia as the moon rises
Wednesday night into Thursday.
The U.S. East Coast will be out
of luck; the moon will be setting just
as the eclipse gets started. Europe
and most of Africa and South
America also will pretty much miss
the show.
A blue moon is the second full
moon in a month. A supermoon is a
particularly close full or new moon,
appearing somewhat brighter and
bigger. A total lunar eclipse — or
blood moon for its reddish tinge —
has the moon completely bathed in
Earth’s shadow.
“I’m calling it the Super Bowl
of moons,” lunar scientist Noah
Petro said Monday from NASA’s
Goddard Space Flight Center in
Greenbelt, Maryland. Others prefer
“super blue blood moon.”
Either way, it’s guaranteed to
impress if skies are clear.
The moon will actually be
closest to Earth on Tuesday — just
over 223,000 miles. That’s about
1,500 miles farther than the super-
moon on Jan. 1. Midway through
Wednesday’s eclipse, the moon will
be even farther away — 223,820
miles — but still within unofficial
supermoon guidelines.
While a supermoon is consid-
ered less serious and scientific than
an eclipse, it represents a chance to
encourage people to start looking at
the moon, according to Petro.
As the sun lines up perfectly
with the Earth and then moon for
the eclipse, scientists will make
observations from a telescope in
Hawaii, while also collecting data
from NASA’s moon-circling Lunar
Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Just like the total solar eclipse
in the U.S. last August cooled the
Earth’s surface, a lunar eclipse
cools the moon’s surface. It’s this
abrupt cooling — from the heat of
direct sunlight to essentially a deep
freeze — that researchers will be
studying.
Totality will last more than an
hour.
AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File
In this 2007, file photo, the moon takes on different orange tones
during a lunar eclipse. On Wednesday, a super moon, blue moon
and a lunar eclipse will coincide for first time since 1982.
BRIEFLY
FBI’s McCabe,
a frequent Trump
target, abruptly
leaves post
WASHINGTON (AP)
— FBI Deputy Director
Andrew McCabe, a target
of frequent and aggressive
criticism by President
Donald Trump, abruptly
stepped down from his
position Monday ahead of
his planned retirement this
spring.
A 22-year veteran of
the FBI, McCabe has been
publicly and repeatedly
lambasted over the past year
by Trump, who has accused
him of bias because of his
wife’s political connections
and an FBI investigation
that produced no criminal
charges against Hillary
Clinton.
McCabe, who has held
a number of FBI leadership
roles and been heavily
involved in investigations
into major crimes including
the 2013 Boston Marathon
bombing, becomes eligible
for retirement in a matter
of weeks. FBI staff learned
Monday that McCabe was
leaving the bureau’s No. 2
post effective immediately,
according to people who
spoke only on condition
of anonymity to discuss an
internal personnel move. He
is expected to retire with full
pension benefits.
BIG GAME
HEADQUARTERS
GOP senators call
on Trump to show
restraint in probe
WASHINGTON (AP)
— Two Republican senators
say President Donald
Trump would be wise to
keep a public silence on an
independent investigation
into his 2016 campaign’s
contacts with Russia.
That’s in the wake of
news reports that he sought
to fire the special counsel.
The senators, Lindsey
Graham of South Carolina
and Susan Collins of Maine,
also urged special counsel
Robert Mueller Sunday to
review whether Trump tried
to fire him last June, an
accusation the president has
labeled “fake news.”
Graham, co-sponsor of
legislation that would protect
Mueller from being fired
without a legal basis, said
he would be “glad to pass it
tomorrow.” But he insisted
that Mueller’s job appeared
to be in no immediate
danger, pointing to the
political costs if Trump did
remove him.
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Syria violence
overshadows
Russia-hosted talks
KILIS, Turkey (AP)
— Intense clashes erupted
Monday on a strategic
hilltop in northwestern Syria
as Kurdish forces tried to
enter the area a day after
it was captured by Turkish
troops.
Turkish military officials
cancelled a government-
organized press tour to
Bursayah Hill, separating
the Kurdish-held enclave
of Afrin from the Turkey-
controlled town of Azaz, due
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Separately, in the nearby
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at least 21 people and put a
hospital out of order.
The violence has
overshadowed a peace
conference hosted by Russia.
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