M51 & Gizmo

In this animated cartoon, innocent alien M51 moves the Earth into a closer orbit around the sun, and learns an important lesson about life in the Universe.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• astronomy
• education
• kids
• family
• sun
• earth
• habitable
• zone
• alien
• animation
• cartoon
• funny
• comedy

[jazzGT]

Impressive!! It's incredible the amount of things one can learn from all of these videos!!! Very practical and entretaining. Congrats.

[SpitzerJim]

Thanks!

[whiteboyjimmy20]

Nice video. One question :D...if moons can me captured my planets gravity and asteroids. Cant we find a way to capture mars and move it in are 'sweet spot' where life can take place...but like...put it on the other side of where earth is. so they are at different spots in the same orbit? Or maybe Titan or Europa?

[SpitzerJim]

Despite what you see in a lot of science fiction, Mars is actually too small to hold onto an oxygen atmosphere if you moved it into the habitable zone. (The molecules in a warmer gas move faster than the molecules in a cooler gas. So when the atmosphere of Mars got that hot, the atmosphere near the equator hits escape velocity and flies off into space.) Venus, on the other hand, is very close in size to the Earth, so if we only had a Gizmo...

[roadragecafe]

This is really awesome. The HD version showed up on my AppleTV a week or two ago and the kids love it. Please make more. I think you are onto something great!

[SpitzerJim]

Thanks for the kind words. If people like these characters, I'll definitely lobby to get some more produced!

[mecca777]

m51 needs his ass whooped,lol

[ssooll]

Yes, M51 is called the Whirlpool galaxy! Just look on wikipedia. :)

[Ripzta13B]

Hehe Venus =P

[Kilanon]

no it's not

[martyn580]

M51 is actually a galaxy called the whrilpool galaxy

[joshscott911]

your a kid too? i never knew

[mymessup]

im a kid and that is good info and classic

[Eudaletism]

Haha, I got a wonderful kick out of this, even though I'm not a kid. I love the characters, especially M51! I think I'll show this to my nephews when they come around. There's not enough cute astronomy humor in the world, I'm afraid. Do make more. :D

[improv58]

I loved it!

[sarahod9]

More please! Do you folks intend to make a series? What's stopping you?