5/6C’s Class Blog 2008

It’s the first day of Summer and the sky is happy about it! Tonight the moon, Venus and Jupiter aligned to make a happy face in the west. The moon is at the bottom, Venus is the bright eye on the left and Jupiter is on the right.

While the planets and moon appear to be close together, they’re not at all close. The moon is 403,000 km away, while Venus is 150 million kilometres away and Jupiter 870 million kilometres away.

The smiley face will not appear again in Australia until 2036.

Photos: Mrs C from her back yard.

We would like to welcome Fred Nirk to Earth. He will be a regular visitor to our grade, as he would like to learn a lot about Earth and our Solar System and that's what we are going to become experts in! Click on the play button to hear his message.