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<v Speaker 1>Welcome once again to the Doctor Sky experience heard here

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<v Speaker 1>on Talk Radio seventy seven WABC. We call WABC the

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<v Speaker 1>crown Jewel of radio, and for a good reason. It's

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<v Speaker 1>the iconic talk radio seventy seven broadcasting out of New

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<v Speaker 1>York City, around the nation, around the world, and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>confident even out into the universe. Welcome to our Doctor

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<v Speaker 1>Sky Sky Update number twenty seven. The planet Saturn, as

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<v Speaker 1>it reaches opposition gets set for a most amazing observing

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<v Speaker 1>session as the original ring planet Saturn rises in the

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<v Speaker 1>southeast right around the time of sunset. Saturn, the father

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<v Speaker 1>of Jupiter in Roman mythology, was the god of time Cronus,

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<v Speaker 1>and also the god of agriculture. The mighty planet Saturn

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<v Speaker 1>takes twenty nine years to orbit the Sun, and it

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<v Speaker 1>has one eighth the density of our planet Earth, which

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<v Speaker 1>means it could float if an ocean were big enough,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's ninety five times more mass. If you were

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<v Speaker 1>on the surface, which is a gaseous planet itself, you

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<v Speaker 1>would find out that the escape velocity is over twenty

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<v Speaker 1>two miles per second, contrasting that with the Earth's escape

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<v Speaker 1>velocity of about a seven and a half miles per second.

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<v Speaker 1>Its atmosphere is primarily composed of hydrogen, methane, and helium.

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<v Speaker 1>And did you know that the ring system is some

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred and seventy thousand miles in diameter, making it

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<v Speaker 1>actually larger than the planet Jupiter if you took a

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<v Speaker 1>look at ring edge to ring edge. Right now, the

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<v Speaker 1>northern hemisphere of Saturn is facing the Earth. But in

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty five we'll find out that the ring system

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<v Speaker 1>will seemingly disappear from our view as the Earth moves

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<v Speaker 1>through the ring plane, and we then get to see

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<v Speaker 1>the southern hemisphere of Saturn for a whole new opposition

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<v Speaker 1>and apparition. Also, the ring system is quite thin. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>the ring system of Saturn is approximately a few hundred

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<v Speaker 1>meters that is in diameter. That makes it a most

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<v Speaker 1>amazing situation in space. What are the rings comprised of?

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<v Speaker 1>Really billions of particles of small rocks and maybe as

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<v Speaker 1>small as gravel, and all the way up to the

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<v Speaker 1>size of maybe an suv or even larger. But take

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<v Speaker 1>advantage of this opposition of Saturn, as Saturn will rise

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<v Speaker 1>when the sun sets on August the twenty seventh. You

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<v Speaker 1>see the sun setting just look to the southeastern sky.

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<v Speaker 1>Saturn an easy object to see what the naked eye,

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<v Speaker 1>it's easy to see some eight hundred and fourteen million

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<v Speaker 1>miles away. So simply if you could jump on a

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<v Speaker 1>light bam, it would still take you an incredible seventy

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<v Speaker 1>three minutes to get from the Earth to the planet Saturn.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you know that Saturn now has the most moons

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<v Speaker 1>or satellites in the Solar System. There's some debate as

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<v Speaker 1>the exact number. Some say eighty three moons, but astronomers

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<v Speaker 1>some also say one hundred and forty six moons, with

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<v Speaker 1>actual calculated orbits but not all the moons happening. If

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<v Speaker 1>you're looking at a telescope under low power, the Ring

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<v Speaker 1>System will be tilted toward the Earth by some eight

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<v Speaker 1>point one degrees, and as I mentioned before, over the

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<v Speaker 1>next year or two, it will be edge on like

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<v Speaker 1>a knife blade. Seeing that edge on in a telescope.

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<v Speaker 1>The diameter for our more advanced observers out there is

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<v Speaker 1>some nineteen seconds of art that is the ball of

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<v Speaker 1>the planet. But if you take the diameter of the

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<v Speaker 1>Ring System, it moves up to some forty four point

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<v Speaker 1>two seconds of art, rivaling that of the planet Jupiter,

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<v Speaker 1>which we'll be talking about in months to come. So

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<v Speaker 1>simply for basic observers out there, we welcome you to

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<v Speaker 1>the Doctor Sky experience too. A naked eye view of

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<v Speaker 1>the original ring planet is easy to see as it

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<v Speaker 1>rises in the southeast sky at sunset opposition, when it's

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred and eighty degrees away from the sun, just

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<v Speaker 1>like that of a full moon. Occurs during the early

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<v Speaker 1>morning hours of August the twenty seven, exactly four am

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<v Speaker 1>eastern daylight time. Well, what I do if I'm a

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<v Speaker 1>beginning observer, maybe a pair of binoculars would help. You

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<v Speaker 1>won't see the ring system. You need a telescope to

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<v Speaker 1>do that. But once you observe Saturn in a telescope,

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<v Speaker 1>trust me on this, it will be almost a life

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<v Speaker 1>changing experience. Not to be too dramatic, it's that impressive.

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<v Speaker 1>When you see it and show that to friends and neighbors,

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<v Speaker 1>it almost looks surreal. Saturn's rings sadly will disappear in

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<v Speaker 1>a few million years because of rotational instability. Nothing even

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<v Speaker 1>in the universe last forever. And now on to a

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<v Speaker 1>more personal series of events that you can partake in.

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<v Speaker 1>As I mentioned in our previous Doctor Sky updates here

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<v Speaker 1>on the Doctor Sky Update, proudly here on Talk Radio

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<v Speaker 1>here's a special event. As we mentioned before, there'll be

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<v Speaker 1>a second full moon in the month of August, sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>referred to as a blue moon. But did you know

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<v Speaker 1>that this particular full moon will be the closest full

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<v Speaker 1>moon of all of twenty twenty three. We call that

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<v Speaker 1>a super moon. There'll be some eight percent writer thirteen

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<v Speaker 1>percent larger, and there you go, a most amazing sight.

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<v Speaker 1>So don't miss the beauty of that full super blue

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<v Speaker 1>moon rising of course just after sunset. And then just

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<v Speaker 1>to the upper right, in case you haven't found Saturn

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<v Speaker 1>by a few degrees, that starlike object that sitting there

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<v Speaker 1>is indeed the planet Saturn. And a special shout out

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<v Speaker 1>A great thing that we can talk about in future

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<v Speaker 1>editions is the upcoming October fourteenth annular eclipse of the Sun,

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<v Speaker 1>visible across much of the nation in the West and southeast,

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<v Speaker 1>and then building up with great energy to the amazing

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<v Speaker 1>great American total solar eclipse that will occur April the

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<v Speaker 1>eighth of twenty twenty four visible across the wide swan

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<v Speaker 1>of the United States. Well, the next time, I'm doctor Sky,

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<v Speaker 1>always reminding you want to keep your eyes to the skies,

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<v Speaker 1>simply trying to earn every day the title of being

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<v Speaker 1>your navigator on the highway to the heavens, clear skies,

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<v Speaker 1>good health, and enjoy Planet Saturn as it moves from

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<v Speaker 1>the center into our skies late August and September twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty three,