HEY STAR GAZERS, TRACE HERE JUPITER IS ABOUT TO GO INTO RETROGRADE OH NOOOOO.

NO REALLY IT LL BE FINE.

FIRST, LET S FIND JUPITER HIT THE DARKNESS AFTER MIDNIGHT ANY NIGHT THIS WEEK AND LOOK EAST.

THERE YOU LL SEE A BRIGHT DOT.

THAT S THE GAS GIANT JUPITER, THE BIGGEST PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM IT COULD CONTAIN OUR WHOLE PLANET IN A SINGLE RED ATMOSPHERIC STORM.

IF YOU COULD WATCH IT MOVING WHICH WE CAN SHOW YOU HERE THANKS TO THE MAGIC OF TV IT WOULD APPEAR TO MOVE ONE WAY, THEN TURN AROUND AND GO BACKWARDS!

THIS IS CALLED RETROGRADE MOTION.

EVERY PLANET MOVES AROUND THE SUN AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS.

WHEN WE PASS ANOTHER PLANET IN ORBIT, IT APPEARS TO SWITCH DIRECTIONS!

THIS FREAKS SOME PEOPLE OUT, BUT IT S JUST AN OPTICAL ILLUSION.

THIS HAPPENS OFTEN WHEN DRIVING, WALKING, OR WHATEVER.

THERE S NO ILL INTENT, JUPITER IS JUST ON IT S OWN PATH!

IT LL GO FORWARD AGAIN IN LATE-NOVEMBER.

KEEP LOOKIN UP!