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<v Speaker 1>Welcome once again to the Doctor Sky experience as we

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<v Speaker 1>continue to move through time and space here on Talk

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<v Speaker 1>Radio seventy seven w ABC, America's iconic radio station, the

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<v Speaker 1>crown jewel of radio here out of New York City

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<v Speaker 1>and around the world, as we welcome you to the

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<v Speaker 1>midpoint of December twenty twenty two with our Doctor Sky Update,

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<v Speaker 1>the Sky Update number ten. Sit back and relax as

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<v Speaker 1>we talk about what you can see from the visible

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<v Speaker 1>skies of this particular podcast. And we begin, of course

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<v Speaker 1>with an amazing event that will happen. But first I

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<v Speaker 1>hope from the sound of my voice all around the

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<v Speaker 1>nation that you had an opportunity to see that amazing

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<v Speaker 1>occultation of the full cold moon and the beauty of

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<v Speaker 1>the planet Mars, the red god of War, that happened

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<v Speaker 1>back on Wednesday, the seventh of December. In many parts

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<v Speaker 1>of the nation and around the world. This was a

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<v Speaker 1>near occultation. We call it a grays But for the

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<v Speaker 1>rest of you, you saw Mars hugging the limb of

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<v Speaker 1>the Moon, and the Moon itself eclipsed this amazing planet

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<v Speaker 1>that goes into the history books. But if you missed it,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll not have another event like this until sometime around

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<v Speaker 1>twenty forty five. But let's talk about things that we

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<v Speaker 1>can see, and we begin, of course with another amazing

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<v Speaker 1>event that's happening this week.

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<v Speaker 2>What is it?

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<v Speaker 1>The Geminid meteor shower, an amazing meteor shower that peaks

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<v Speaker 1>during the early morning hours of December fourteenth. But just

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<v Speaker 1>don't wait till then you can actually see meteors streaming

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<v Speaker 1>out of the northeast part of the sky, for as

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<v Speaker 1>I mentioned before, one of the best meteor showers of

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<v Speaker 1>the year. The peak of the shower occurs officially during

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<v Speaker 1>the morning hours of December fourteenth. Skywatchers looking from two

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<v Speaker 1>am till sunrise with hopeful clear skies and dark skies

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<v Speaker 1>may get to see upwards of twenty or thirty meteors

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<v Speaker 1>per hour. The Geminids are known for slow move bright meteors,

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes known as firewalls, but the meteor shower ramps up

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<v Speaker 1>like a bell curve.

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<v Speaker 2>And you may get the scene who knows, maybe more.

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<v Speaker 1>The only distraction for this particular media shower, and always

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<v Speaker 1>truth there is that patients is a virtue for any

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<v Speaker 1>meteor shower, but unfortunately the waning gibbous moon might interfere

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<v Speaker 1>greatly with the number scene, but still give it a truck.

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<v Speaker 1>Early evening skywatchers patients of the virtue again looking into

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<v Speaker 1>the northeast sky after sunset, may get to see some

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<v Speaker 1>bright earth grazing meteors. These are meteors that come across

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<v Speaker 1>we call tangentially across the Earth's atmosphere and may put on.

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<v Speaker 2>An interesting sky show.

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<v Speaker 1>But what about the origin of this particular meteor shower

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<v Speaker 1>storm known as the Geminids. Did you know that this

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<v Speaker 1>particular meteor shower or storm actually comes from what we

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<v Speaker 1>call a rock comet. It was a comet that was

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<v Speaker 1>actually discovered or an asteroid back in nineteen eighty three.

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<v Speaker 1>It was the first asteroid ever discovered by a spacecraft.

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<v Speaker 1>And this particular asteroid comet was discovered back in nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>eighty three by a particular asteroid, this particular spacecraft, I

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<v Speaker 1>should say, known as Iras. Did you know that the

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<v Speaker 1>parent comet or asteroid of this particular shower gets closest

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<v Speaker 1>to the Sun by a little less than thirteen million miles.

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<v Speaker 1>That's amazing. So what happens when the heat of the

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<v Speaker 1>Sun literally bakes the surface of this asteroid comet. Large

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<v Speaker 1>debris actually comes off the surface of the asteroid comet

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<v Speaker 1>and we get to see maybe chunks of debris may

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<v Speaker 1>bee pebble size or more, thus giving credence to some

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<v Speaker 1>of the larger or brighter meteors seen. This is quite interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>Some of these are slow objects moving only twenty miles

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<v Speaker 1>per second, when other meteor showers the objects meeting the

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<v Speaker 1>meteors are moving well over one hundred miles per second.

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<v Speaker 1>This is quite interesting. So again, take a good look

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<v Speaker 1>for the geminids. They may storm or they may not.

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<v Speaker 1>But again patience as a virtue with any meteor shower,

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<v Speaker 1>dress warmly in those climates, have something, maybe an adult

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<v Speaker 1>beverage to keep you warm.

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<v Speaker 2>And again, if you.

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<v Speaker 1>See some of these, you're seeing, well, something quite unusual.

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<v Speaker 1>And we'll have much more to say about these meteor

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<v Speaker 1>showers in the year twenty twenty three. But let's talk

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit more about some of the other impressive

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<v Speaker 1>events in our skies this particular week, and we go

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<v Speaker 1>back to the Greek word for planets called planet tails.

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<v Speaker 1>They were called wandering stars. And we start looking low

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<v Speaker 1>into the southwestern part of the sky just after sunset,

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<v Speaker 1>toward the end of the month, right after Christmas and Honigan,

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<v Speaker 1>we start to see the innermost planet Mercury starting to

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<v Speaker 1>become an object of visibility. Also the beautiful, brilliant planet Venus,

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<v Speaker 1>the goddess of love and beauty, will also appear in

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<v Speaker 1>the sky jot this day down on the twenty fourth

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<v Speaker 1>Christmas Eve, the thin crescent Moon, which by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>will be closest to the Earth on the twenty fourth

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<v Speaker 1>also at perigee, that is, the moon, the Moon, Mercury,

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<v Speaker 1>and Venus will form a circle of less than five

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<v Speaker 1>degrees low into the south northwest. What other planets are visible?

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<v Speaker 1>High up into the south just at sunset, we have

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<v Speaker 1>the planet Saturn, easily visible to the naked eye, and

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<v Speaker 1>then moving across the ecliptic the zodiac path, we still

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<v Speaker 1>see the brilliant planet Jupiter at night, easy to see

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<v Speaker 1>with the naked eye, great in binoculars in the telescope,

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<v Speaker 1>But by far, ladies and gentlemen, the dominant planet this

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<v Speaker 1>particular week is still Mars, the red god of war,

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<v Speaker 1>reached opposition, meaning it rose at sunset on the eighth

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<v Speaker 1>of December, and it will be in our skies all night.

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<v Speaker 2>It's quite impressive.

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<v Speaker 1>Telescopic viewers have a great opportunity to see a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of surface detail as the surface of this particular planet

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<v Speaker 1>of the diameter is about seventeen seconds of arc.

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<v Speaker 2>I view it all the time in my eight inch.

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<v Speaker 1>Telescope, which gives me surface detail on the surface of

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<v Speaker 1>Mars by about three hundred times magnification. And as you're

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<v Speaker 1>listening to this, for those of you who have telescopes,

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<v Speaker 1>you know exactly what I mean.

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<v Speaker 2>What do I see?

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<v Speaker 1>I see dark confinance, and I can also see with

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<v Speaker 1>red and blue filters in the eyepace, I can see

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<v Speaker 1>the North Polar Hood, which to many may look like

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<v Speaker 1>the North Polar Cap, but indeed it's just a haze

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<v Speaker 1>around the North Polar Cap. But what the heck it

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<v Speaker 1>looks like a North Polar cap to me. So many

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<v Speaker 1>wonderful things here. But again, you're listening to the Doctor

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<v Speaker 1>Sky experience, and ladies and gentlemen, I'd like you to

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<v Speaker 1>of astronomy, space, aviation, and weather and so much more.

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<v Speaker 1>as you scan through the many authors that we have

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<v Speaker 2>For will over a century. What do we say?

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<v Speaker 1>We always remind you to keep your eyes to the skies.

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<v Speaker 1>We wish you health and happiness during the holidays. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy Honik, Gay, health and happiness

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<v Speaker 1>in the New Year. Twenty twenty three, Doctor Sky reminds

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<v Speaker 1>you'd always been to keep your eyes to the skies.

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<v Speaker 2>Is I'm your navigator on the highway to their

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<v Speaker 1>Heavens and you can email me anytime you'd like at

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