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DEAN:
Hey there Star Gazers, I m Dean Regas, astronomer

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with 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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DEAN:
And this week, to share some space jokes - specifically

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about the Moon, since you ll be able to
see it after dark each night next week.

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JAMES:
Dean is a total

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luna-tic about bad jokes so just humor him.

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DEAN:
We have some gems like, What holds up the

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Moon?

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JAMES:
What?

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DEAN:
Moon-beams, of course...

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I ve got a million of them.

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JAMES:
Well, more like 5 or 6 of them.

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But as we wax on about the Moon, and show
you what s up in the sky, we know that your

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interest will not wane.

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DEAN: Let s show you!

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JAMES: How does the Moon cut his hair?

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DEAN: I know.

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E-clips-it!

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JAMES:
One of the worst jokes ever.

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But that makes me think about eclipses, and
we hope you saw the last lunar eclipse on

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January 31, 2018.

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DEAN:
It was awesome!

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When the Moon completely enters the shadow
of the Earth it turns all shades of gray

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and orange.

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JAMES:
If you missed it, the next will be visible

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in the United States on January 20 of next
year.

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Lunar eclipses can only occur at full Moons
and only when the Sun, Earth, and Moon line

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up just right.

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DEAN:
You know, James, the Moon s parents were

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really worried about him.

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JAMES: Oh is this another joke?

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DEAN:
Yep.

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Every New Moon he disappeared.

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His dad panicked but his mom understood.

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She reassured him, Don t worry honey,
it s just a phase he s going through.

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JAMES:
Bravo Mr. Regas.

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Bravo.

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But that reminds me, you can only have a solar
eclipse during a new Moon and the next really

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good solar eclipse in the U.S. will be on
October 14, 2023.

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JAMES:
Hey Dean, why couldn t the astronauts stay

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overnight on the Moon?

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DEAN: Why?

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JAMES: Because it was full

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DEAN: Now you re getting in the swing of
it!

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JAMES: Anyway, we will have our next full
Moon on

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March 1st.

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You can see it rising in the east just as
the Sun sets in the west that day.

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DEAN:
Okay James, how do you know when the Moon s

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going broke?

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JAMES: How?

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DEAN:
It s down to its last quarter.

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When the Moon appears half-way lit up we actually
call that a quarter moon.

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It sounds confusing since how can a half moon
be a quarter?

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But the name really refers to its motion around
the Earth.

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JAMES:
On the night of February 22 you can see the

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right half of the Moon lit up.

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We call that first quarter since it has traveled
one-quarter of the way around the Earth,

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from its new moon phase.

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That night, the first quarter Moon will be
in the constellation Taurus and near the Seven

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Sisters star cluster.

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DEAN:
On the morning of March 9th, you ll see

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the
left half of the Moon

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illuminated.

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We call that third quarter or last quarter
and it ll be near

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the planet Mars.

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Yep, we went a long way
for that joke

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JAMES:
So Dean, what did you think of the restaurant

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on the Moon?

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DEAN:
Meh, the food was great

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but it has
no atmosphere

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JAMES:
It s true.

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Unlike the Earth, the Moon has no significant
atmosphere.

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So when the Apollo astronauts visited the
Moon they had to wear spacesuits like these.

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Hey there s Buzz Aldrin.

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Hi Buzz!

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DEAN:
He can t hear you.

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There s no air out there.

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However, Buzz and 11 other
astronauts walked on the surface of the Moon

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between 1969 and 1972.

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Buzz Aldrin
described the Moon as, Magnificent Desolation,

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and it certainly is desolate.

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Everywhere you look are dark colored rocks
and more dark colored rocks.

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I know the Moon seems bright, but most of
the moon rocks are the color of asphalt.

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JAMES:
On the last three Apollo missions, astronauts

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brought up Moon rovers to drive across the
lunar surface.

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The rovers were battery-powered and could
reach a top speed of 8 miles per hour.

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You can t drive that slow on Earth or else

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DEAN: Or else what?

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JAMES: Or else you ll have to Apollo-gize.

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DEAN: Nice!

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JAMES: So every night this week, check out
the Moon after dark.

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DEAN:
Get a group together and Moon-gaze with friends

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and family.

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And if you want to
organize the best star party ever, we have

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some words of advice.

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JAMES: You better plan-et!

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DEAN: Definitely don t Moon it.

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BOTH: Keep looking up!