JAMES:
HOW FAR ARE THE MOON, JUPITER AND ZUBENELGENUBI?

DEAN:
LET'S GET OUR TAPE MEASURES AND HEAD TO THE

STARS!

DEAN:
THE MOON IS, ON AVERAGE, ABOUT 239,000 MILES

FROM THE EARTH.

YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE WAXING MOON EVERY
EVENING THIS WEEK.

ON MAY 26TH AND MAY 27TH IT LL BE NEAR A
BRIGHT STAR AND A FAINT STAR.

JAMES:
THE BRIGHTER STAR IS ACTUALLY THE PLANET

JUPITER.

THE LARGEST PLANET IN
THE SOLAR SYSTEM WILL BE ABOUT 410 MILLION

MILES AWAY FROM US, AND IS SO HUGE THAT IT
APPEARS BRIGHTER THAN ANY STAR IN THE SKY.

DEAN:
THE STAR NEXT TO JUPITER IS NAMED ZUBENELGENUBI.

IT IS THE SECOND BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE CONSTELLATION
LIBRA THE SCALES.

ZUBENELGENUBI IS A WHOPPING 447 TRILLION MILES
FROM EARTH.

IF YOU THINK THE MOON AND PLANETS ARE FAR,
EACH TWINKLE OF EVERY STAR YOU SEE AT NIGHT

HAS TRAVELED TRILLIONS OF MILES TO REACH
YOUR EYES.

BOTH:
KEEP LOOKING UP!