Speaker 1: I'm Doctor Sky and welcome to the Doctor Sky Experience,
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Speaker 1: events that are happening in the skies from aviation, space, astronomy,
Speaker 1: and weather and so much more. And don't forget Embedded
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Speaker 1: about American exceptionalism. But here we begin with our particular
Speaker 1: Doctor Sky episode number four and update on what you
Speaker 1: can see in your skyes this a most amazing month,
Speaker 1: November twenty twenty two. We begin with the Moon, Earth's
Speaker 1: nearest neighbor. We find out that as November opens, the
Speaker 1: moon is at its first quarter face is then moving
Speaker 1: to a position we call the gibbasphace and it looks
Speaker 1: humpback or egg shape, only to arrive at the beauty
Speaker 1: of the full moon on the morning hours of November eighth.
Speaker 1: But this year a spectacular lunary clipse of total lunary
Speaker 1: eclipse for observers in much of North America. For the
Speaker 1: east coast, the moon will be in totality just hours
Speaker 1: before sunrise, but as the further distance you go west,
Speaker 1: the moon continues to see or that is, you should
Speaker 1: be able to see the entire eclipse. And we'll be
Speaker 1: talking much more about the details in our next week
Speaker 1: Sky Update here at talk Radio seventy seven WABC out
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Speaker 1: do get about these great realms of astronomy, space, aviation,
Speaker 1: and weather. But big news in the space world this
Speaker 1: week Elung must has his way. We'll see the next
Speaker 1: launch of one of the most powerful rockets in the
Speaker 1: entire world. The next launch of his Falcon Heavy rocket
Speaker 1: scheduled for November the first, at around nine to forty
Speaker 1: in the morning this USSF United States Space Force rocket.
Speaker 1: This particular mission will launch a secret spy satellite among
Speaker 1: another satellite or two into orbit. These will be in
Speaker 1: geosynchronous orbit, which means they'll go directly from the ground
Speaker 1: out to that position about twenty two thousand miles away
Speaker 1: from the Earth. Let's describe this particular rocket the Falcon Heavy,
Speaker 1: some two hundred and twenty nine feet tall. This particular
Speaker 1: rocket weighs over three million pounds. And did you know
Speaker 1: that this particular rocket can launch one hundred and forty
Speaker 1: thousand pounds to low Earth orbit. That's about the height
Speaker 1: of the space station. And if it goes to geosynchronous orbit,
Speaker 1: it come lunt fifty seven thousand pounds of payload. And
Speaker 1: imagine a Mars mission. He could still launch some thirty
Speaker 1: seven thousand pounds of material out to the Red planet.
Speaker 1: The god of a total power on this particular rocket
Speaker 1: of some five and a half million pounds of thrust,
Speaker 1: all that by doing something special. There are twenty seven
Speaker 1: Merlin engines on board, which each have the power of
Speaker 1: one hundred and ninety thousand pounds of thrust, mixing liquid
Speaker 1: oxygen and something called RP one kind of the derivation
Speaker 1: of kerosene fuel. This particular rocket, if you want to
Speaker 1: put it in simpler terms, has the power of eighteen
Speaker 1: seven forty sevens at full power, and you could simply
Speaker 1: list a fully loaded seven thirty seven aircraft to orbit.
Speaker 1: This is a spectacular mission, and we wish them well,
Speaker 1: but for your skies as you're viewing them, hoping they're clear.
Speaker 1: Of course, beyond the moon, we talk about the planets
Speaker 1: and what you should be able to see this week
Speaker 1: is in the array of planets, simply a plethora of planets.
Speaker 1: Begin your sky viewing by looking high into the south
Speaker 1: at sunset with clear skies and no clouds. You'll see
Speaker 1: the planet Saturn now about eight hundred and ninety million
Speaker 1: miles away from your eye gutter in a telescope. And yes,
Speaker 1: you can actually see the beautiful marine system, no doubt
Speaker 1: about it. The brightest planet in the night time sky
Speaker 1: for now is the planet Jupiter. Easy to see as
Speaker 1: you look into the eastern sky and high enough. So
Speaker 1: tell your friends and neighbors that the object that you see,
Speaker 1: the big white, bright object, is not a UFO at all,
Speaker 1: but it's the largest planet in the entire Solar System,
Speaker 1: that being Jupiter eighty eight thousand miles in diameter. That's big.
Speaker 1: It would take twelve earths to make it up to
Speaker 1: make its diameter as its scale size. And the object
Speaker 1: about three hundred and eighty five million miles away from
Speaker 1: your eye grat In the telescope decent and binoculars, you'll
Speaker 1: get to see some of those galiley and satellites the
Speaker 1: four he discovered back in sixteen ten. But folks, the
Speaker 1: really interesting planet now rising in the northeast. If you
Speaker 1: stay up right around ten PM with clear skies in
Speaker 1: the northeast, you'll see the red God of the war Mars.
Speaker 1: It's encroaching on the Earth. Mars will be closest to
Speaker 1: the Earth this year on December the seventh, when at
Speaker 1: a distance of slightly low maybe around thirty seven million
Speaker 1: miles or so, some say upwards of fifty seven million miles.
Speaker 1: But the point is the planet Mars is spectacular in
Speaker 1: a telescope right now. I'm observing it regularly and hope
Speaker 1: you have the ability to do that. If you do,
Speaker 1: you're seeing many of the surface features on Mars. And
Speaker 1: you're also noticing that the northern polar cap, because the
Speaker 1: northern hemisphere of Mars now was in winter, we're seeing
Speaker 1: a lot of this blue haze that's like ice crystals
Speaker 1: in the Martian atmosphere, making that small but visible northern
Speaker 1: polar cap look even larger. Quite an amazing sight to
Speaker 1: see in the sky, and don't forget two important events
Speaker 1: in November. One is the ability to see more of
Speaker 1: these November fire balls. Why, fireballs are larger chunks of
Speaker 1: these meteors that we see coming through the atmosphere, some
Speaker 1: so called shooting stars, but we know from astronomy that's
Speaker 1: not a shooting star, it's debris from comets tales. So
Speaker 1: simply in the month of November we get to see
Speaker 1: a higher number of these larger chunks of comet material
Speaker 1: streaking through our sky. So if you're out there with
Speaker 1: the clear sky, dress warmly, of course, and if you
Speaker 1: have patience, you may get to see a few very
Speaker 1: bright fireballs, maybe even brighter than Venus. We call it
Speaker 1: the November fireball season. And then on the early morning
Speaker 1: hours of November nineteenth, we'll have more to say about that.
Speaker 1: Next week and weeks to come. Is the annual Landed
Speaker 1: meteor shower, one of the better meteor showers of the year.
Speaker 1: And of course you have to gauge where the moon
Speaker 1: is so the moonlight doesn't interfere. But I just wanted
Speaker 1: to mention it on the calendar. And again, ladies and gentlemen,
Speaker 1: you're listening to me, Doctor skye with the Doctor Sky
Speaker 1: Experience here exclusively at talk radio seventy seven WABC out
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Speaker 1: and we thank you so much for listening to this
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Speaker 1: Doctor Sky's show at shemail dot com. Doctr S Guy
Speaker 1: simply reminds you'd always remember to keep your eyes to
Speaker 1: the skies. I'm your navigator on the highway to the heavens,
Speaker 1: and don't forget. During the early morning hours of November
Speaker 1: the eighth, you get to see the next of a
Speaker 1: total lunary clips not since the day of May fifteenth,
Speaker 1: and we had won. This is a second eclipse for
Speaker 1: this year, and interestingly enough, it happens in common science
Speaker 1: with just hours before in person voting for the Great
Speaker 1: Election of twenty twenty two on the day of November
Speaker 1: the eighth. Hasn't happened in history in America, at least
Speaker 1: as far as we can check. Obviously, the coincidence of
Speaker 1: election day and a total lunary clips quite interesting. Until
Speaker 1: next week, Clear skies, health and happiness,