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NASA Science News for July 10, 2014
The summer of 2014 will be bathed in moonlight as three perigee "supermoons" occur in consecutive months: July 12, August 10, and September 9.
FULL STORY: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/10jul_supermoons/
SCIENCECAST VIDEO: http://youtu.be/D1KKpeW231Y
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Not quite a supermoon yet, but I had campers out observing last night with Galileoscopes and a 4.5" Dob and they thought it was very bright. We also viewed Mars and Saturn.
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Not quite a supermoon yet, but I had campers out observing last night with Galileoscopes and a 4.5" Dob and they thought it was very bright. We also viewed Mars and Saturn.
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For students who were confusing apogee and perigee, I told them to think of apogee as "away" since both words began with an "a". Rather simple but seems to have worked.
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I use perigee as 'pretty near'
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I do a thing with aphelion and perihelion with orbits of the sun...aphelion = away and perihelion = pretty near. Works for kids.
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I can't wait to see the Wolf Moon!!
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The media loves to talk about the "supermoon," but it's not really all that super. In fact, if you hadn't been told that it's a supermoon, I doubt that you'd have noticed a difference.
Matt
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I missed the others, but will observing on September 9, 2014! Thanks for the post.
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