1 00:00:02,669 --> 00:00:05,105 JAMES: HOW FAR ARE THE MOON, JUPITER AND ZUBENELGENUBI? 2 00:00:05,205 --> 00:00:07,707 DEAN: LET'S GET OUR TAPE MEASURES AND HEAD TO THE 3 00:00:07,807 --> 00:00:08,942 STARS! 4 00:00:09,042 --> 00:00:12,679 DEAN: THE MOON IS, ON AVERAGE, ABOUT 239,000 MILES 5 00:00:12,779 --> 00:00:14,114 FROM THE EARTH. 6 00:00:14,214 --> 00:00:16,850 YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE WAXING MOON EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK. 7 00:00:16,950 --> 00:00:21,488 ON MAY 26TH AND MAY 27TH IT LL BE NEAR A BRIGHT STAR AND A FAINT STAR. 8 00:00:21,588 --> 00:00:24,190 JAMES: THE BRIGHTER STAR IS ACTUALLY THE PLANET 9 00:00:24,290 --> 00:00:25,658 JUPITER. 10 00:00:25,759 --> 00:00:28,762 THE LARGEST PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM WILL BE ABOUT 410 MILLION 11 00:00:28,862 --> 00:00:33,433 MILES AWAY FROM US, AND IS SO HUGE THAT IT APPEARS BRIGHTER THAN ANY STAR IN THE SKY. 12 00:00:33,533 --> 00:00:35,935 DEAN: THE STAR NEXT TO JUPITER IS NAMED ZUBENELGENUBI. 13 00:00:36,036 --> 00:00:40,507 IT IS THE SECOND BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE CONSTELLATION LIBRA THE SCALES. 14 00:00:40,607 --> 00:00:45,045 ZUBENELGENUBI IS A WHOPPING 447 TRILLION MILES FROM EARTH. 15 00:00:45,145 --> 00:00:49,949 IF YOU THINK THE MOON AND PLANETS ARE FAR, EACH TWINKLE OF EVERY STAR YOU SEE AT NIGHT 16 00:00:50,050 --> 00:00:52,652 HAS TRAVELED TRILLIONS OF MILES TO REACH YOUR EYES. 17 00:00:52,752 --> 00:00:56,752 BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!