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THE M PLANETS

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DEAN:
HEY THERE STAR GAZERS, I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER

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FOR THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY.

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JAMES:
AND I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA

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SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA.

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WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND
THE SKY.

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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS TRY ALL SORTS OF
WAYS TO GET THEIR STUDENTS TO REMEMBER THE

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ORDER OF THE PLANETS.

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DEAN:
MY FAVORITE HAS TO BE THE SAYING, MY VERY

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EDUCATED MOTHER JUST SERVED US NACHOS.

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JAMES:
YUM.

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I COULD GO FOR SOME NACHOS RIGHT NOW.

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DEAN:
ME TOO, BUT, JAMES,

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WE NEED TO FOCUS.

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THE FIRST LETTER OF EACH WORD STANDS THE FIRST
LETTER OF EACH PLANET.

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JAMES:
SO MY IS FOR MERCURY.

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THE CLOSEST PLANET TO THE SUN.

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VERY IS FOR VENUS AND ALL THE WAY TO THE FARTHEST
PLANET FROM THE SUN, NACHOS,

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I MEAN NEPTUNE.

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DEAN:
OF COURSE THERE ARE TWO MS IN THERE.

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MERCURY AND MARS.

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AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT THE TWO M-PLANETS
ARE COMING TOGETHER IN THE EVENING SKY.

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JAMES:
AND THAT MEANS ITS CONJUNCTION TIME!

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DEAN:
LETS HEAD TO THE SKY AND CHECK IT ALL OUT!

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DEAN:
OKAY, WE HAVE OUR SKIES SET UP FOR SATURDAY

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NIGHT, JUNE 15TH JUST AFTER SUNSET, FACING
TOWARD THE NORTHWEST.

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AS THE SUN SETS,
THE STARS WILL START

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TO POP OUT.

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JAMES:
NOW FINDING OUR

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M-PLANETS IS GOING TO BE A TOUGH ASSIGNMENT.

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YOU WILL NEED A CLEAR VIEW TO THE NORTHWESTERN
HORIZON AND YOULL HAVE TO TIME IT PERFECTLY.

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DEAN:
LOOK TOO EARLY AND IT'LL STILL BE TOO BRIGHT

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OUTSIDE.

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JAMES:
LOOK TOO LATE AND THEY WILL HAVE SET.

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DEAN:
JUST ABOVE THE HORIZON, AND I MEAN JUST ABOVE

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THE HORIZON, YOU MAY SEE TWO STARS APPEAR
VERY CLOSE TOGETHER.

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JAMES:
THE BRIGHTER OF THE TWO IS THE ELUSIVE PLANET

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MERCURY, WHILE THE DIMMER ONE IS THE RED PLANET
MARS.

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DEAN:
LET'S LOOK AT THIS FROM SPACE TO SEE HOW TWO

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PLANETS, THAT ARE VERY FAR AWAY FROM EACH
OTHER, LOOK ALL LINED UP.

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DEAN:
HERE WE ARE, HIGH ABOVE THE SOLAR SYSTEM,

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LOOKING DOWN ON THE INNER PLANETS.

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THERES MERCURY, VENUS, EARTH, AND MARS.

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JAMES:
NO NACHOS UNFORTUNATELY.

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DEAN:
NO, NEPTUNE IS BILLIONS OF MILES OUT OF THE

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PICTURE.

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JAMES:
THE PLANETS REVOLVE AROUND THE SUN IN THE

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SAME DIRECTION, BUT THEY DONT GO THE SAME
SPEED.

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THE CLOSER YOU ARE TO THE SUN, THE FASTER
YOU GO.

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DEAN:
SO WHILE IT TAKES EARTH 365 DAYS TO CIRCLE

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THE SUN, IT ONLY TAKE MERCURY 88 DAYS.

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AND MARS, WHOS MOVING A LOT SLOWER, TAKES
687 DAYS.

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JAMES:
NOW AS WE APPROACH MID-JUNE, 2019, WE WILL

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SEE THE ALIGNMENT OF MERCURY AND MARS.

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MERCURY IS IN BETWEEN US AND THE SUN AND ONLY
ABOUT 90 MILLION MILES AWAY.

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DEAN:
"ONLY 90 MILLION MILES!"

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HE SAYS,
BECAUSE MARS IS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE

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SUN AND IS A WHOPPING 232 MILLION MILES AWAY!

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THIS IS WHY TINY MERCURY SEEMS SO MUCH BRIGHTER
THAN LARGER MARS.

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ITS A LOT CLOSER TO US.

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JAMES:
SO THESE M-PLANETS ONLY APPEAR CLOSE TOGETHER

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FROM EARTH.

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LETS HEAD BACK HOME TO SEE THE PEAK OF THE
CONJUNCTION.

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JAMES:
OKAY, WE'RE BACK ON EARTH ON JUNE 15TH SEEING

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MERCURY AT 90 MILLION MILES AWAY, AND MARS
AT 232 MILLION MILES AWAY.

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WHAT MAKES PLANETS INTERESTING TO OBSERVE
IS HOW THEY MOVE FROM NIGHT TO NIGHT.

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DEAN:
LETS MOVE TIME FORWARD, ONE NIGHT AT A TIME.

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HERES JUNE 16TH

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JUNE 17TH

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AND JUNE 18TH.

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JAMES:
MERCURY SEEMS TO SNUGGLE UP NEXT TO MARS AND

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HERES THE ZOOMED IN VIEW.

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THEY'LL ONLY BE ABOUT A QUARTER OF A
DEGREE APART,

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SO YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SEE BOTH PLANETS THROUGH
A TELESCOPE AT THE SAME TIME.

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DEAN:
OF COURSE YOUR VIEW WONT BE NEARLY AS GOOD

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AS THESE.

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THIS IS THE VIEW OF MERCURY FROM THE MESSENGER
SPACECRAFT WHICH ORBITED THERE FROM 2011 TO

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2015.

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JAMES:
AND HERE IS THE GLOBAL MAP OF MARS TAKEN BY

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THE MANY ORBITING SATELLITES WE SENT UP THERE.

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DEAN:
THE M-PLANETS ARE TRULY MARVELOUS!

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CLOSE-UP ENDING

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JAMES:
SO THERE YOU HAVE IT.

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HOW TO LOOK FOR MERCURY AND MARS IN THE NIGHT
SKY THIS WEEKEND.

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DEAN:
MERCURY IS ALWAYS TOUGH TO FIND SINCE IT DOESN'T

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STRAY FAR FROM THE SUN.

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JAMES:
AND THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST CHANCE TO SEE MARS

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BEFORE IT HEADS BEHIND THE SUN.

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DEAN:
AND IF YOU NEVER LEARNED THE ORDER OF THE

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PLANETS - SHAME ON YOUR TEACHERS - REPEAT
THE SAYING DAILY, MY VERY EDUCATED MOTHER

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JUST SERVED US NACHOS.

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JAMES:
WE HAVE TO DO A SHOW ON NEPTUNE.

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DEAN:
JUST SO WE CAN GET SOME NACHOS?

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JAMES:
EXACTLY!

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DEAN:
THE UNIVERSE IS FULL OF PLANETS AND NACHOS,

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AND IT'S ALL THERE WHEN YOU

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BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!