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Astronomy cast episode 624 small rocky bodies

Welcome to the astronomy cast are weekly facts based journey through the cosmos where we help you understand

Not only what we know, but how we know what we know I'm freezer cane publisher of universe today with me as always this doctor Pamela gay

I seen your scientist for the planetary science institute and the director of cause request. Hey Pamela

Hey, dude. I'm doing well. It is rainy and cold

But that is superior to so many ways the weather could be right now

Yeah, yeah, it's funny how as the weather turns and you're like, oh, I just wish it was

warm and rainy and then later on you like I wish it was at least cold and rainy but not

Wet snow so yeah every time as the weather turns in the winter here you just like you long for the previous months weather

Until we get around a spring and and the irony we have here and their science in this I promise

Is it's the super sunny crystal clear winter days that are the worst because that layer of clouds is

thermal insulation

Yes, so on a super cloudy day

It's only going to get so cold because the infrared radiation is bouncing around between the ground and the clouds

But those crystal clear days

Are brutally cold and those are the days I'll sit in a sunbeam and wish my windows were better

Yeah, yeah, we have the same same situation where the when it's clear and sunny is when it's the world the coldest for sure

All right, so we've talked about icy objects of the solar system today. Let's talk about space rocks

There's a surprising variety of rock and material in the solar system and each object has a story to tell about the history

Information the planets moons and the other rock bodies

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