Predicting the planets with an Apple Watch

43:17talk about and linger on the solar eclipse a little bit more was to try and predict where the planets should be >> Right. >> if we take a photo of the solar eclipse. Because with the solar eclipse you're blocking out the sun, so now you can see planets that are behind the sun. On the sideways you can see the entire solar system without having the sun blind you. >> Okay. >> So, >> So, just for all my astrology, you know, people >> Mhm. >> who care about planet alignments, this seems like this is a a moment to lean in. >> Exactly. Yeah. Here we're going. How are the planets aligned around the moon >> Yeah. >> comes to the solar eclipse from the vantage point of Artemis that's going around.

43:58>> Right, because we've never had this discussion >> Yeah. >> before. >> Yeah. >> Really. >> Yeah. >> Because it's never been practical to or that's never been a thing. >> So, to do this I wanted you uh right before this episode, I had you take a photo of your Apple Watch where the Apple Watch has a feature where you can look at where the planets are right now. Right? There's a way to I think is it is it part of the safety like >> Yeah, so if you if you have an Apple Watch right now, you probably know that you can install different watch faces on your Apple Watch. So, you can have a photo, you can have a bunch of graphs about your activity, or you can have the literal position of the planets in real time

44:38in context of where you are on Earth. >> Yeah, like at this moment. >> Which is I didn't know this until you brought this up to me earlier today. >> cool, right? And so here what we're seeing is the sun in the center obviously. You've got Earth, Venus, Mercury, Mars, Saturn, okay? And from this, what I want to do is predict from your Apple Watch, where are the planets going to be in that photo of the moon solar the the solar eclipse that Artemis saw. Okay? >> This is this this is I'm so excited about this. I just want everyone to know Christian did not tell me about this. And so I'm very excited. >> be this is going to be really cool. So, let's move on to the next photo where I have a bit higher fidelity photograph.

45:19>> Okay. >> Um the Earth is where the the moon is actually where where that is. The the where the rays are coming out. So, the Earth is right there. It's kind of occluded by all the lines that I drew. But the the source of all of these rays is where the moon is. >> Got it. >> We've got a center line that passes from the moon to the sun. >> Yes. >> Okay? That's the white line. >> In white, yes. >> That is the direction you would be looking if you looked through the moon because the sun is behind the moon. Yes? >> And based on the photos we were just looking at, uh which is why that light source is happening. We had the crescent on the moon from the Earth, but the light the like the larger >> Yeah, the larger big glow is because the sun is behind the moon. So, basically if

46:00you were to draw a line from the moon to the sun, that would be that white line. >> Yes. >> Okay? And now let's look at the positions of the planets, Mercury, Mars, Saturn, and Venus. Okay? >> We want to ask, what is the what is the planet that's going to be right next to the sun? You would think naively it would be Mercury because Mercury is right next to the sun. But that's not what matters. What matters is the angle. >> Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. >> Not physical distance. Right? When it comes to the solar system, what matters is if I'm looking at the sun and I'm and I'm scanning across, what's the first thing with the smallest angle? >> Yeah. So I'm looking at the sun in my my in the center of my view and if I like were to pivot and my angle look left to

46:42the left or the right of this or the left or the right of the sun, what am I going to see first? >> Exactly. That's the question. And according to the positions of all of our planets, the first thing you should see is Saturn. >> Which is interesting. >> Saturn is behind the sun, but it's close to our vantage point. >> It's almost about to pass behind the sun in the same white line that the moon and the sun are in. >> Mhm. Exactly. So Saturn should be first. >> Right. >> Then it should be Mars, which is the red line. And then it should be Mercury. If I were to look to the right >> of the sun. >> Yes. If I were to look to the left of the sun, I should see Venus. >> Got it. >> Okay? So do we agree? >> Yes. >> On the right of the sun, we should see Saturn, Mars, and Mercury because that's

47:24how the angles line up. And on the left of the sun, we should see Venus. >> Let me check my watch. Um yep, I see Saturn to the right. I see Mars to the right. Neptune is kind of further back a little bit in between the two. >> In between, yeah. But in this in this zoomed version, we don't see it. Yeah. But the but Neptune would be in between Saturn and Mars. >> And then I see Venus. I literally am looking at my Apple Watch right now. >> Yeah. Okay, now let's go to the next photograph. Here's the labels. Saturn, Neptune, as you were saying, Mars, and Mercury. >> The I'm telling you guys we didn't manufacture that. Like I literally brought it up >> This is the first time you've seen that. >> That's so funny. Yes.

48:05>> Isn't that cool though? >> That's incredible. >> That like from your Apple Watch you can deduce positions of planets and also positions of planets on photographs from Artemis. >> Right. There are people who are on the far side of the moon. >> Mhm. >> They took a photo. They are able to see the planets because it was during a a solar eclipse. >> Yes. >> From the vantage point of being on the far side of the moon. And literally I just looked at my watch and that is exactly what it looks like. >> Exactly. That's incredible. >> Isn't it cool? It just makes sense. The whole thing, the planets, the positions,

48:45the whole thing makes sense. >> Yes. Yes. That's that That was quite nice. >> It's pretty cool. >> That that that was quite nice. >> Right? >> I I'm I like that. >> Yeah. >> I thought you would. >> You were like, "Oh, I got something special for you this." I was like, "Okay." You can't never surprise me. This was This was quite nice. >> And in the next photo we'll actually see Venus. It's on the left. >> Yes. >> Right? It's peaking out right behind the Artemis module. So the other planets that we saw are would be like, you know, out of frame here. >> Yes, out of frame to the right. >> Yeah. This This >> Pretty cool. >> This is This is quite nice. >> Right? >> Look, if you're not enjoying the this endeavor into curiosity and discovery um

49:25I just I don't know what to tell you. I mean, this is so >> This is like the most fun I've had in a long time. >> Yeah. >> Um in general, just it's been so much happening. And there's so much information and detail and conversation and this is where I know you and I both love to kind of dig in is in the substance. >> Yeah. >> Cuz there's headlines and oh there But like >> No, but it makes sense. If you just If you just peel away the layers a little bit and you think about it. It's like, yeah, no, the thing that you saw in the Apple Watch is the thing that the the astronauts saw on Artemis when they were going around the moon. It's so good.