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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.
Superior Court Judge Villiam
Shea sentenced her Wednesday
in New Haven to 10 to 15 year
on. the first count n4 Ifven q
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