Blue moons have no astronomical significance，said Greg

　　Laughlin，an astronomer at the University of California，Santa Cruz.“‘ Blue moon’ is just a name in the same sense as ‘a hunter’s moon’

　　or ‘a harvest moon’，”

　　Laughlin said in

　　an e­mail.

　　The popular definition of blue moon came about after a writer for，Sky & Telescope magazine in 1946 misinterpreted (误解) the Maine Farmer’s Almanac (历书) and labeled a blue moon as the second full moon in a month.In fact，the almanac defined a blue moon as the third full moon in a season with four full moons，not the usual three.Though Sky & Telescope corrected the mistake decades later，the definition caught_on.

　　61．According to the popular definition，“a blue moon” means________.

　　A．the second full moon in a month

　　B．a moon which looks blue

　　C．a partial lunar eclipse

　　D．the second full moon in a year

　　62．In Japan，people can see a blue moon in________.

　　A．December,2009

　　B．January,2010

　　C．May,2010

　　D．July,2011

　　63．The next New Year’s Eve blue moon is most likely to appear in________.

　　A．2016

　　B．2018

　　C．2026

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