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IT ISN'T TOO GAD VET--what IF CARS RAN OA/ COFFEE? The truthful man, if less loved, ' sleeps well. PAGE 4 - PI AfMTlFAI.ER - FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 4. 1*77 ASTRONOMY FROM A^TO Charles Schweighauser Sangamon State University THE MOON-PART N We see the moon, the Earth's only natural satellite, because it reflects light from the Sun to the Earth. The moon is brightest, of course, when it is full - so bright that we can read a newspaper by its light. Yet, even when it is full and very bright, it sends us only about 1/400,000th the amount of light that the Sun does (m a dear day. Astronomers talk about al­ bedo, the capacity of an object to reflect light. The moon is really a dull object, having an albedo of 0.U7: that is it re­ flects only 7 percent of the sunlight it receives, and absorbs the other 93 percent. In com­ parison, the Earth's albedo is 0.35; the Earth reflects 35 per­ cent of the light it receives from the Sun back into space. The reason that the Earth has a much higher albedo is because we have an atmosphere that contains a great deal of water. Sunlight is reflected from clouds made of water vapor, as well as from the oceans, and thus makes the Earth much brighter than the moon. Because the moon has a mass smaller than the Earth's, its gravitational field is weak and it is unable to hold an atmosphere. Even the heaviest gases escape from the moon. Consequently, there is nothing but the dull gray surface of the moon to reflect sunlight; the moon appears to be quite lack­ luster in comparison to the Earth. When we see the small, thin crescent of the new moon set­ ting just after the Sun in the western sky we can also just barely see the dark side of the moon. Sunlight is reflected from the Earth to the dark side of the moon and back to the Earth again, giving us a shadowy glimpse of the night­ time side of the moon. The moon is 3476 km in diameter, about one fourth the diameter of the Earth. Its average distance from the Earth is 384,400 km (about 240,000 miles); it can be a maximum of 406,600 km from us, and a minimum of 356,300 km distance from the Earth. The difference is due to the nature of the moon's orbit around the Earth. It is not a perfect circle but rather a slight oval shaoe called an elliose. The moon thus appears larger to us when it is closer than when it is farther from the Earth during the same phase. Another phenomenon that has to do with the size of the moon which many people have noticed is the apparent size of the full moon when it rises over the eastern horizon. It seems to be much greater in size when it is close to the horizon than a few hours later when the full moon is high in the sky. Because the full moon is farther away from us when it is rising than when it is high in the sky, it should appear smaller to us by an amount that is detectable by the hu­ man eye. Why the reverse situa­ tion is true no one has yet been able to explain except to sug­ gest that the apparent larger ~ size of the rising full moon is a psychological rather than a physical phenomenon. Next week: The Moon-Part HI by Let's chat about catfish. Now, if some of you trout purists and billfish buffs think that the lowly catfish isn't a subject worthy of discussion, don't go away. There's a whole lot more to this subject than meets the eye. Even the bullhead is important) This game linle fish got most of us started on our angling careers, and today he's still teaching youngsters and neophyte anglers what fishing is all about. The channel cat is not only a fine game fish, but a table delicacy as well. This species of catfish is mak­ ing the southern fish fry as famous as the Maine clambake or Hawaiian luau. But, when it comes to sport, an­ glers who fish the turbulent waters below some of our southern dams will ted you that a 50-pound blue cat has no peer as an angling adver­ sary. A big blue, which won't quite fit into a wash tub, is really some­ thing to brag about in this part of the country. But, how about a catfish with a mouth larger than a wash tub? How about one which strikes artificial lures and jumps like a tarpon when hooked? This is the type of fishing that most folks don't know mucn about, and 1 thought you'd like to hear more about it. These two species of catfish, phis hundreds of others, are founds MOON EARTH 366,300 406,600 km No fooling. We're selling this beautiful six-piece sectional There's a limited selection of fabrics and this offer is good regularly priced at $1769 --for a preposterous $1269! only at our Lakehurst Mall location--so huny, you don't Tr . . « . „ r . get a chance to save 3000 kroner eveiy day. 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This fish, cleared the water several times during the contest, and when we finally hauled him up on a sand bar it tipped the scales at 60 pounds. The species is called a surubi, and is a trim, slender creature which looks unlike anv other catfish- But, the piraiba is the cat that excites everyone's imagination. Three years ago I checked with some of the Braniff Outdoor Coun­ cil fishing experts and learned that this species of fish is particularly abundant around Leticia, Colom­ bia. So I went fishing. On this trip I managed to land one fish which weighed 21S pounds and was nine feet long. But, I also lost a thou­ sand yards of line and broke one rod on big cats which I never saw. Later, I found out that the piraiba frequently exceed 500 pounds in weight and more closely resemble a submarine than a fish. Like I said, there's more to cat lishin' than meets the eye. Historic Combine Displayed! At AAuseum A 1938 Massey-Harris Combine, the first commercially practical self-propelled com­ bine and forerunner of modem combines, has been added to Henry Ford Museum's agricultural collection. Given to the Museum by an Oklahoma farm machinery dealer for Massey-Ferguson, Inc. and restored through the efforts of Massey-Ferguson, this combine model .led to dramatic advances in agricultural production during the mid-Twentieth Century. The Museum's combine, which is on permanent exhibit, was designed by Thomas Carroll, a Massey-Harris engineer. Carroll was particularly interested in helping underdeveloped countries increase their food supplies through mechanization. His goal was to produce a simple but efficient means of harvesting small grains. Before this development, the most advanced method of harvesting grain was the tractor-pulled combine. Hie combine developed by Carroll propelled itself, giving the farmer more maneuverability and more complete harvesting of his fields. It also saved wear and tear on his tractor, and required only one man to operate, instead of three or four. The popularity of the self-propelled combine was assured in 1944 when the United States and Canadian Governments granted Massey-Harris a special allocation of steel to produce 500 combines so that the maximum amount of wheat could be harvested with minimum use of manpower and fuel. These machines became known as the "Har­ vest Brigade," beginning the harvest in the south and following the ripening grain northward. BIBLE VERSE . . And they shall beat their swords into ploughshares^ and their spears into pruning hooks . . ." 1. Where is the above quotation found? 2. Where is the same idea reversed? 3. Who was the author of the quotation? 4. Who was Joel? •Mi»U >M <U0 3'fii. viW-rl Aaswars Tr libit Vtrst 1. Isaiah 2:4. 2. Joel 3:10. 3. Isaiah. 4. One of the twelve minor prophets. LINE WE'LL MAKE ONE COLOR COPY AT ' REGULAR PRICE -- SECOND COPY OF SAME ORIGINAL FREE! 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