WEBVTT 00:02.702 --> 00:05.905 align:left position:85% line:83% size:5% HEY STAR FRIENDS -- TRACE HERE. THE BRIGHT GAS GIANT JUPITER HAS BEEN 00:06.006 --> 00:11.011 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% SHINING FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS, BUT IT S BEEN IN RETROGRADE, THAT ENDS THIS WEEK! 00:11.111 --> 00:14.214 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% FIRST WE NEED TO FIND JUPITER, SO HIT THE SKIES ANY-TIME 00:14.314 --> 00:20.220 align:left position:85% line:83% size:5% AT OR AFTER SUNSET AND LOOK SOUTH. YOU LL SEE A VERY BRIGHT SPOT. 00:20.320 --> 00:24.457 align:left position:72.5% line:83% size:17.5% RETROGRADE MOTION IS AN ILLUSION. ALL PLANETS IN OUR SYSTEM GO IN THE SAME DIRECTION AROUND 00:24.557 --> 00:28.628 align:left position:70% line:83% size:20% THE SUN, AND NONE ACTUALLY CHANGE DIRECTIONS, BUT THEY DO APPEAR TO CHANGE BECAUSE OF OUR 00:28.728 --> 00:35.001 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% RELA-TIVE ORBITAL SPEEDS. JUPITER APPEARS TO GO RETRO-GRADE FOR ABOUT 120 DAYS A YEAR. 00:35.101 --> 00:38.471 align:left position:85% line:83% size:5% IT S LIKE PASSING A SLOWER CAR ON A RACETRACK. IF YOU RE GOING FASTER, 00:38.571 --> 00:43.243 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% THE OTHER CAR COMES CLOSER, THAN APPEARS TO REVERSE DIRECTION. ORBITS ARE SIM-ILAR! 00:43.343 --> 00:47.814 align:left position:70% line:83% size:20% WATCH A PLANET EVERY NIGHT AND IF IT APPEARS TO MOVE WEST, IT S IN RETROGRADE MOTION. NOTHING 00:47.914 --> 00:51.914 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% BAD WILL HAPPEN TO YOU BECAUSE OF THIS, BUT YOU MIGHT LEARN SOMETHING! KEEP LOOKIN UP!