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o o o o o O o IIOHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, November II, 1S58 Eclipse of Moon Is Saturday Night In Pacific Time Belt y rAY BENTLEY "Witt there be an eclipse of the moon this winter?" recently inquired a young lad. "Oh, boy!" he exclaimed when given an af firmative reply. A number . of questions then followed.' . "What ij an echpse? How long will it last? Just when will this eclipse occur Why don't we have one every months? Will the moon entirely disappear from light?" We are all aware that any nnn-luminous object upon which our iun'shines will cast a shadow and the earth and moon are no exceptions to this rule. Because they are shaped like a ball or sphere, their shadows resemble giant ice cream cones, which, in the manner of the poem, con stantly "go in and out'' with them. -The average length of earth's shadow is about 857 thousand miles while the shadow of the moon vaTies from 228 thousand to 226 thousand miles. Thu, we can mentally picture the earth and moon as represent ing the ice cream in two huge, black, ice cream cones. Whenevf r the sun, earth, and moon are in a straight line with the earth in the middle. the shad ow of the earth will fall upon the moon and lunar eclipse will occur. At this time, a line ex tended from the sun to the earth and straight on into space would toucii the moon. This also causes the phase of the moon called the full moon. Knowing that Old Luna'makes " one trip around our planet every month it seems that a -lunar eclipse should occur every time the moon is full. However, we all know this is not the case. It is never possible to have more than three lunar eclipses in any single year and a year may pass without any eclipse of the moon. It is possible for the' sun, earth, and moon to be lined up with the earth in the middle in such a way that we have a full moon without the moon getting in the earth's . shadow. That is what usually happens. Passes Near Shadow Because the orbit or path fol lowed by the moon as it encircles the earth is tilted in relation to the earth's orbit the moon almost always pasivs above or below the long cone-shaped shadow cast by our planet. At -such times a straight line from the sun to the earth if extended on into space would pass either below or above the moon. Th only time that the moon can get into the earth's shadow, or the moon's shadow can'touch the earth, is when both earth arid moon are near either' one of the tw places where the moon's orbit crosses above the earth's orbit. Three conditions are necessary to produce a lunar eclipse: (1) There must be a full moon as at this time the earth's shadow ex tends in the direction of the moon. (2) The moon must be near one of the two points .where the moon's orbit crosses above the earth's jpath. (3) The earth mus.t be near this same crossing point or node. ,The type of eclipse that oc curs depends upon the distance oi both earth and moon from the node or crossing point of the two orbits. If only part' of the moon gets into the shadow of the earth, a partial" eclipse results. If the moon is entirely within the shadow, there is a total eclipse.' The anticipated lunar eclipse will begin Nov. 17 in the Pacific standard time belt. At 8 p.m., old Luna will enter the penumbra or lighter part of the earth's shad ow. However, naked eye ob servers will not be able to dis-1 cern any difference in the face : of the moon till it begins to slip I into the dark cone-shaped umbra of the shadow. This will be about 9:02!,3 p.m. Totality begins at 10:03 p.m. This means that the entire moon is within the umbra or dark part of the shadow. Middle of Eclipse The middle of the eclipse will be reached 40 minutes later, at 10:43 p.m. when the moon will be half way through the umbra. The' totality period ends at 11:27 p.m. when the moon starts to emerge from the dark purtion of the shadow. By 12:33 a.m., the entire moon is out of the umbra and for earth-dwellers without a telescope there is nothing more to see. However, the moon does not leave the penumbra till 1:35 a.m., in the early morning the! of Nov. 13, so the lunar eclipse officially ends at that hour. ' Of 1956 s four eclipses only the one just discussed is visible in North America, but this will be well worth watching; and 9 p.m. Saturday should be a con venient time for a larse major ity of people to watch our moon as it travels more than 5.000 miles through the darkness of the earth's shadow. Usually, the moon does not be come invisible during its dark journey but is dimly illuminated by earthshine. However, the ex act color depends on conditions at the time oi the eclipse. It is possible for it to become copper colored, orange, reddish, gray or black! Klamath Indian Due Money From Tribe Sacramento U.R A wom an member of Oregon's Klamath Indian tribe was fold yesterday she will receive between S20.000 and $40,000, and thought about the sum in county jail. Mrs. Lounita Baker Felix. 50.' a full-fledged Klamath tribes woman being held for stabbing a man. was informed by county probation officer Mery B. White that under recent federal legisla tion she could leave .the tribe nd collect a share of the band's assets. , Federal officials told her the portion would come. to between S20.000 and S4O.000. Now all she must do is wait to get out of jail. - . Mrs. Felix will be sentenced in Superior Court to either prison or a county jail term for statbing a man in a tavern t,il I-, , u , "Now I want to get out," she said. "I want to start over. I want to go home and build a home." BACKFIRE Rochester. N. Y. flj.R) Rob ert Doane, 41, ended up' in the hospital 'with: a fractured skull when he took -a lusty swing with a ledge hammer while breaking up wood. The sledge hammer became entangled with an over head clothe Una and then struck hint over the right eye; " Nervous Driver Gets Assisf From Police Traverse City, Mich. U.P Airman Second Class Edwin Corbin appeared to be driving "nervously" so a state, police patrol car stopped him. Corbin told Troopers Edward Hill and Ronald Behrensl he was nervous because he was to be married in a short time but couldn't find a justice of peace or best man. The troopers took Corbin to Justice Charles Mahn of Tra verse City and then witnessed the marriage of the nervous air man and Ritha Bersh of Tra verse City. Four Vole Recounts Requested in Oregon Salem 'U K Four requests for vote recounts have been filed with the state elections bureau here, one of them in volving a state Senate race. An official canvas of the votes was requested in Tillamook and Lincoln counties yesterday by supporters of Republican War ren McMinimee. The unofficial count gave Democrat Andrew J. Naterlin, Newport, a slim vic tory over the veteran legislator. Other recounts requested were in Clackamas, Curry and Linn counties. Stan Skoko was a loser to Republican C. E. Latou rette for Clackamas county judge and Raymond Tomlinson, Linn county treasurer, was de feated by Democrat Evelyn Downing in the other contested race. A request for a recount had been filed earlier in the contest for Curry county assessor. Plains Stales Get Snow Cover By UNITED PRESS A massive cold front pushed rapidly across the plains states early today to cover the western half of the nation while the sea son's second severe snowstorm struck the Rockies and North ern Plains. The cold snap extended from the Pacific Coast to the North ern Great Lakes and Northwest Texas, and was expected to move slightly eastward into Lower Michigan and Illinois and through Arkansas into Louisi ana. Meanwhile, snow i w t p t through Colorado and Wyoming into Nebraska, the Dakotas and Western Michigan. Amounts were generally less than four inches, but heavy snow struck parts of South Dakota. Strong northwesterly winds caused drifting snow, and weathermen warned that road conditions might be hazardous in the snow areas. Twenty-four inches of snow was reported in South Dakota's Spearfish Canyon and 15 inches at Deadwood. Schools closed early in many communities Wednesday as the snow began to drift. COOPERATIVE DOG Buffalo, N. Y. (U.R) The thief, who made off with some $1,500 from the Bidwell Grill, apparently was not bothered by the proprietor's five-year-old boxer dog. Co-owner Salvatore T. Zafuto said that, judging from paper wrappings found at the scene, the burglar had brought along some meat and tossed it to the watchdog to keep the ani mal occupied while he ransack ed the tavern. Marine Corps Starts New Leave Policy Washington 01.P.: The Ma rine Corps is putting into effect a new leave policy which will give recruits an additional five days at home after completing basic and advanced training. The corps announced Wednes day that recruits will be given 15 days leave rather than the 10 days currently authorized. This leave will be granted upon com pletion of 12-week recruit train ing and four-week individual combat training. Less Meat Expected; Higher Prices Due Washington (U.R) The Ag riculture Department says there will be slightly less meat avail able in 1957. It will sell at high er prices truin in 1956. "Hog slaughter especially will be less than in 1956," the de partment said Wednesday. "Ful ly as many cattle likely will be slaughtered as in 1956, but av erage carcass weights may be enough lighter to pull down the total output of beef to some extent. Prices for hogs will be high er than in 1956. Those for cat tle are expected at least to stay above their lowest points of 1956 and may average slightly above that year. With little change in slaughter in prospect, prices for sheep and lambs also mieht average slightly higher in 1957. Texas, in 1955, produced nat ural gas from 11,793 gas wells and 111,644 oil wells. Killing of Infant Brings Term in PrgogQ Niantic, Conn. (U.R) Vir ginia Jaspers, 33ibegac 10 to 22 year term in the state prisft$i for women todey for fatally shaking two infant whose cry ing annoyed her. The 220-pound unlicensed; nurse bad pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter Oct. 24. 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