Transcript: February Week 1
PAUL
Welcome to Idaho Skies on Radio Boise. This is the first week of February. We’re your hosts, Paul..
RACHEL
..Rachel..
KRIS
..And Kris
PAUL
The moon is at apogee on the 7th at 7:00 PM.
KRIS
Its distance from earth this month is 252 thousand miles. That’s its greatest distance this month.
PAUL
Two hundred and fifty two thousand? Let’s put this into some kind of perspective for our listeners.
RACHEL
No problem. The average walking speed of an adult is three miles per hour.
KRIS
So when I do the math….
SOUND OF CALCULATOR BUTTONS BEING PUSHED
KRIS
… I calculate that it will take an adult almost 72 thousand hours to walk to the moon.
RACHEL
That means if you leave today, you’ll arrive at the moon in the middle of April 2015.
KRIS
I think I’ll wait until I can book a rocket flight.
PAUL
On the evening of the 7th, you can see three planets simultaneously in binoculars.
RACHEL
The planets are Mercury, Venus, and Uranus.
KRIS
Look low in the west-southwest at seven PM on the 7th.
RACHEL
You’ll see Venus, the Evening Star, one width of your palm above the horizon.
KRIS
While aiming your binoculars at Venus, put it at the upper left of your binocular’s field of view.
RACHEL
At the lower right you’ll see the next brightest star. But that’s not really a star, it’s Mercury.
KRIS
Close to the center of your binocular’s field is a star in Aquarius. But between that star and brilliant Venus is the planet Uranus.
PAUL
Uranus will be faint, so don’t expect it to jump right out.
RACHEL
Mercury and Venus are quite close to each other. From earth’s perspective, they’re located just above the edge of the sun.
KRIS
But Uranus is very distant. It’s clear across the other side of the solar system and twenty times farther away than either Mercury or Venus.
RACHEL
So don’t let their close proximity in the sky fool you.
PAUL
Sixty years ago on the 12th, a large meteor was observed exploding over Russia.
KRIS
It caught the attention of eyewitnesses because of its great brilliance and its loud boom when it exploded.
RACHEL
Since this meteor occurred over the Sikhote-Alin region, it’s called the Sikhote-Alin meteorite
KRIS
It’s believed that 900 tons of the meteor survived and landed within a one square mile area.
PAUL
This sounds like a good time to explain some meteor terminology.
RACHEL
Alright. A small rocky body in space is called a meteoroid.
KRIS
When a meteoroid enters the earth’s atmosphere and begins to glow, we call it a meteor.
RACHEL
A meteor that survives its passage through the atmosphere and lands on the ground is called a meteorite.
PAUL
And a rock that you think is a meteorite, but is really just a rock, is called a meteor-wrong.
KRIS AND RACHEL
Um, yeah, thanks for that one.
KRIS
Often a meteorite doesn’t come down in one piece. The region that fragments of a meteorite occupy is called a strewn field.
PAUL
That’s Idaho Skies for the first week of February. Join us next week to hear about the real moon hoax. For Idaho Skies this is Paul
RACHEL
..Rachel..
KRIS
.. and Kris.
Welcome to Idaho Skies on Radio Boise. This is the first week of February. We’re your hosts, Paul..
RACHEL
..Rachel..
KRIS
..And Kris
PAUL
The moon is at apogee on the 7th at 7:00 PM.
KRIS
Its distance from earth this month is 252 thousand miles. That’s its greatest distance this month.
PAUL
Two hundred and fifty two thousand? Let’s put this into some kind of perspective for our listeners.
RACHEL
No problem. The average walking speed of an adult is three miles per hour.
KRIS
So when I do the math….
SOUND OF CALCULATOR BUTTONS BEING PUSHED
KRIS
… I calculate that it will take an adult almost 72 thousand hours to walk to the moon.
RACHEL
That means if you leave today, you’ll arrive at the moon in the middle of April 2015.
KRIS
I think I’ll wait until I can book a rocket flight.
PAUL
On the evening of the 7th, you can see three planets simultaneously in binoculars.
RACHEL
The planets are Mercury, Venus, and Uranus.
KRIS
Look low in the west-southwest at seven PM on the 7th.
RACHEL
You’ll see Venus, the Evening Star, one width of your palm above the horizon.
KRIS
While aiming your binoculars at Venus, put it at the upper left of your binocular’s field of view.
RACHEL
At the lower right you’ll see the next brightest star. But that’s not really a star, it’s Mercury.
KRIS
Close to the center of your binocular’s field is a star in Aquarius. But between that star and brilliant Venus is the planet Uranus.
PAUL
Uranus will be faint, so don’t expect it to jump right out.
RACHEL
Mercury and Venus are quite close to each other. From earth’s perspective, they’re located just above the edge of the sun.
KRIS
But Uranus is very distant. It’s clear across the other side of the solar system and twenty times farther away than either Mercury or Venus.
RACHEL
So don’t let their close proximity in the sky fool you.
PAUL
Sixty years ago on the 12th, a large meteor was observed exploding over Russia.
KRIS
It caught the attention of eyewitnesses because of its great brilliance and its loud boom when it exploded.
RACHEL
Since this meteor occurred over the Sikhote-Alin region, it’s called the Sikhote-Alin meteorite
KRIS
It’s believed that 900 tons of the meteor survived and landed within a one square mile area.
PAUL
This sounds like a good time to explain some meteor terminology.
RACHEL
Alright. A small rocky body in space is called a meteoroid.
KRIS
When a meteoroid enters the earth’s atmosphere and begins to glow, we call it a meteor.
RACHEL
A meteor that survives its passage through the atmosphere and lands on the ground is called a meteorite.
PAUL
And a rock that you think is a meteorite, but is really just a rock, is called a meteor-wrong.
KRIS AND RACHEL
Um, yeah, thanks for that one.
KRIS
Often a meteorite doesn’t come down in one piece. The region that fragments of a meteorite occupy is called a strewn field.
PAUL
That’s Idaho Skies for the first week of February. Join us next week to hear about the real moon hoax. For Idaho Skies this is Paul
RACHEL
..Rachel..
KRIS
.. and Kris.
posted by Idaho Skies at 4:22 PM
1 Comments:
Bush and the Republicans were not protecting us on 9-11, and we aren't a lot safer now. We may be more afraid due to george bush, but are we safer? Being fearful does not necessarily make one safer. Fear can cause people to hide and cower. What do you think? What is he doing to us, and what is he doing to the world?
If ever there was ever a time in our nation's history that called for a change, this is it!
The more people that the government puts in jails, the safer we are told to think we are. The real terrorists are wherever they are, but they aren't living in a country with bars on the windows. We are.
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