A Week of Conjunctions 2022 | May 16 - May 22
Season 45 Episode 20 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Star Gazers STGZ212 1 Minute May 16-22, 2022 “A Week of Conjunctions 2022”
Star Gazers STGZ212 1 Minute May 16-22, 2022 “A Week of Conjunctions 2022”
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Funding provided by The Batchelor Foundation and The William J. & Tina Rosenberg Foundation
A Week of Conjunctions 2022 | May 16 - May 22
Season 45 Episode 20 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Star Gazers STGZ212 1 Minute May 16-22, 2022 “A Week of Conjunctions 2022”
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LET S HIT THE DARKNESS TO SEE THEM.
HERE WE ARE AT 5:30 AM ON SUNDAY THE TWENTY-SECOND, LOOKING SOUTH EAST MARK THIS SPOT BECAUSE YOU RE COMING BACK HERE A BUNCH ALL WEEK.
SUNDAY, THE MOON WILL MAKE A CONJUNCTION WITH SATURN AND THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
IT WILL SCOOCH BY JUPITER THEN MARS ON TUESDAY, AND WEDNESDAY, THEN VENUS ON FRIDAY!
THEN YOU CAN POP BACK OUT TO SEE JUPE AND MARS CONJUNCTION NEXT SUNDAY!
EVEN THOUGH PLANETS ARE FAR FROM EACH OTHER, THEY APPEAR CLOSE TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY ORBIT IN THE SAME ORBITAL PLANE AROUND THE SUN AS EARTH.
IT S LIKE STANDING ON THE EDGE OF A RACETRACK THE SPRINTERS LOOK REALLY CLOSE TOGETHER, BUT THEY RE ALL IN DIFFERENT LANES!
NOW YOU CAN FOLLOW THESE PLANETS AS THEY SPRINT AROUND THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
GRAB YOUR FRIENDS AND SHARE THESE CONJUNCTIONS WITH THEM, AND KEEP LOOKIN UP!
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Star Gazers is presented by your local public television station.
Funding provided by The Batchelor Foundation and The William J. & Tina Rosenberg Foundation