Frances Louisa Bliven Whedon (August 27, 1902 – December 15, 1998) was an American meteorologist with the United States Army from 1942 to 1971, first as chief of the Signal Corps 's meteorological section, and later as staff meteorologist at the Army Research Office . She twice received the Meritorious Civilian Service Award (in 1946 and 1962), and once the Exceptional Civilian Service Award (in 1971).
21-845: Whedon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Real people [ edit ] Daniel Denison Whedon (1808 – 1885), American Methodist minister Frances L. Whedon (1902 – 1998), American meteorologist Jed Whedon (born 1975), an American screenwriter and musician; Tom Whedon and brother of Joss Whedon John Whedon (1905 – 1991), an American writer for television; Tom Whedon's father and Joss Whedon's grandfather Joss Whedon (born 1964), an American writer, director, and executive producer for television Tom Whedon (1932 – 2016), an American writer for television; Joss Whedon's father Zack Whedon , an American writer for television; son of Tom Whedon and brother of Joss Whedon Fictional characters [ edit ] Evangeline Whedon ,
42-822: A 1960 publication. She received the Meritorious Civilian Service Award in 1946 and 1962. In 1958 Whedon was appointed to the American Meteorological Society 's Committee for the Encouragement of Meteorological Research. In 1961, she spoke at a Paris conference on exterior ballistics in 1961, and chaired a session at the Conference on the Status of Meteorological Rocketry in Texas. In 1962, she attended
63-534: A fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe Joe Whedon , a fictional character on the primetime show Brothers & Sisters Sarah Whedon , a fictional character on the primetime show Brothers & Sisters [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Whedon . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding
84-444: A partial solar eclipse on May 17, 1501. It contains hybrid eclipses from August 11, 1627 through December 9, 1825 and total eclipses from December 21, 1843 through March 26, 2601. There are no annular eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 3, 2763. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately
105-571: The Maritimes of eastern Canada , and northern Miquelon-Langlade in the French overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon . A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Hawaii , North America , Central America , the Caribbean , and northern South America . This eclipse slowed a radio transmission of atomic time from North Carolina to Washington, D.C. An observation team from
126-728: The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun , thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 1.3 days after perigee (on March 6, 1970, at 10:30 UTC), this eclipse occurred when
147-408: The anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings. This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to
168-811: The Army Research Office from 1959 to her retirement in 1971. She served as the Army's representative on teams overseeing the use of high-altitude balloons, small rockets, and satellites for atmospheric research. She was also involved in International Geophysical Year programs, and in Project Cirrus , a joint military effort to create weather modification technologies to facilitate tactical operations. "Women scientists have demonstrated they can be equally competent, if well trained, when given equal opportunities", she said in
189-471: The Moon's apparent diameter was larger. The greatest eclipse occurred over Mexico at 11:38 am CST , with totality lasting 3 minutes and 27.65 seconds. Totality over the U.S. lasted up to 3 minutes and 10 seconds. The media declared Perry as the first municipality in Florida to be in the eclipse direct path. Inclement weather obstructed the viewing from that location and most of the eclipse path through
210-706: The Swiss Federal Observatory observed the total eclipse in Nejapa and Miahuatlán, Mexico. The weather conditions were good at both locations. Miahuatlán offered particularly good observation conditions with an altitude of 1,620 metres above sea level, high air quality and solar zenith angle of 63° at the time of the eclipse. The team took images of the corona and analyzed them with a polarizing filter . Austrian-American physicist Erwin Saxl and American physicist Mildred Allen reported anomalous changes in
231-618: The daughter of Charles Francis Bliven and Frances Eleanor Cates Bliven. Her father was a dentist. She earned a bachelor's degree in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1924. Whedon was a prominent civilian woman in the United States Army's weather services, first as chief of the meteorological section of the Signal Corps from 1947 to 1959, and later as staff meteorologist at
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#1732793982279252-1037: The international Conference for the Planning of Research in Tropical Meteorology, held in New Jersey, and chaired a session at the Fourth Conference on Applied Meteorology in Virginia. She was the Army's point of contact for activities surrounding the 1970 total solar eclipse . In 1971, she received the Exceptional Civilian Service Award, and was nominated for the Federal Woman's Award . Fellow MIT physics alumna and engineer Virginia Tower Norwood recalled Whedon's assistance with access to wind and temperature data: "She had been absolutely brusque with
273-464: The men, but she took a shine to me." Bliven was married to William Edward Whedon; they had a daughter, and later divorced. Whedon died in 1998, aged 96 years, at a hospital in Fairfax, Virginia . Solar eclipse of March 7, 1970 A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Saturday, March 7, 1970, with a magnitude of 1.0414. A solar eclipse occurs when
294-457: The period of a torsion pendulum when observing a partial solar eclipse with a magnitude of 0.954 from Harvard, Massachusetts , called the "Saxl Effect". CBS showed the first color broadcast of a total eclipse. This eclipse might be referenced in the second episode of the first season of The Mary Tyler Moore Show when a guest of Mary's accidentally exposes a roll of film that Howard Arnell, an ex-boyfriend of Mary's, says, "It's just
315-461: The person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Whedon&oldid=1230495344 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Frances L. Whedon Frances L. Bliven was born in Provincetown, Massachusetts ,
336-404: The pictures I took of the total eclipse of the sun." The eclipse may be referenced in the hit popular song “ You're So Vain ” by Carly Simon , although in context, the lyrics more closely align with a different eclipse two years later . Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains
357-512: The remainder of the southern states. There was not an eclipse with a greater duration of totality over the contiguous U.S. until April 8, 2024 , a period of 54 years . Totality was visible across southern Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico , Florida , Georgia , South Carolina , North Carolina , Virginia , Maryland , and Nantucket , Massachusetts in the United States , northeast to
378-406: The same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node. This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with
399-517: The same parts of the Earth. The longest duration of totality will be produced by member 61 at 7 minutes, 29.22 seconds on July 16, 2186 . This date is the longest solar eclipse computed between 4000 BC and AD 6000. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit. The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly
420-494: The sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight . This eclipse is a member of a semester series . An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit. The partial solar eclipse on July 22, 1971 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set. This eclipse is a part of Saros series 139 , repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with
441-483: The specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse. This eclipse is part of an eclipse season , a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In
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