Friday, September 24, 2010

Jupiter!

Wow! We went out to look at Jupiter tonight, and it is amazing. We could see 3, maybe 4 moons with only binoculars. I want to find a telescope to see more - like the famous red spot, or other moons. I learned that Jupiter has at least 63 moons, some of which may simply be asteroids that got too close to the gravitational pull of Jupiter. We read by flash light our school book with our famliy friends after taking turns gazing through the binoculars. I still can't believe we could see so many moons. We hope to see it through a large telescope soon, maybe at a nearby college, or science center.