Where the Planets Got Their Names | August 30 - September 5
Season 44 Episode 35 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Star Gazers #STRZ127 1 Minute Aug 30 - Sept 5, 2021 “Where the Planets Got Their Names”
Star Gazers #STRZ127 1 Minute Aug 30 - Sept 5, 2021 “Where the Planets Got Their Names”
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Star Gazers is presented by your local public television station.
Funding provided by The Batchelor Foundation and The William J. & Tina Rosenberg Foundation
Where the Planets Got Their Names | August 30 - September 5
Season 44 Episode 35 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Star Gazers #STRZ127 1 Minute Aug 30 - Sept 5, 2021 “Where the Planets Got Their Names”
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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RIGHT NOW YOU CAN SEE MERCURY, VENUS, JUPITER, AND SATURN!
GRAB SOME FOOD AND NERD-FRIENDS, AND AND HIT THE SKIES AROUND SUNSET AND LOOK WEST.
IF YOU RE LUCKY, YOU LL SEE TINY MERCURY CHASING THE SUN BELOW THE HORIZON.
BEHIND THAT IS BRIGHT VENUS.
AS VENUS DIPS BELOW THE HORIZON LOOK FOR JUPITER AND SATURN UP IN THE SOUTHEAST AROUND NINE THIRTY.
FOUR PLANETS IN ONE NIGHT!
ALL THE PLANETS NAMES ARE OF ROMAN GODS.
MERCURY THE SPEEDY MESSENGER, SATURN THE GOD OF AGRICULTURE, VENUS THE GODDESS OF BEAUTY AND LOVE, AND GIANT JUPITER WAS NAMED FOR THE KING OF THE GODS.
IN ANCIENT TIMES, SOME SKY-WATCHERS BELIEVED THESE PLANETS WERE THE GODS; SENDING US MESSAGES THROUGH THEIR CONFUSING MOVEMENTS AND COLORS.
TODAY WE KNOW THESE LIGHTS ARE BALLS OF GAS, ROCK AND DUST, SPINNING THROUGH SPACE.
WHICH IS MORE ROMANTIC?
YOU TELL ME!
WHILE WE BOTH KEEP LOOKIN UP.
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Star Gazers is presented by your local public television station.
Funding provided by The Batchelor Foundation and The William J. & Tina Rosenberg Foundation