November 2016 Puzzle

Below are two arrangements of six numbered disks.  Your goal is to convert the triangular arrangement to the linear arrangement in exactly eight moves.  Each move consists of moving a disk to a position where it is adjacent to two other disks.  As you can see, initially the 1, 4, and 6 are each adjacent to two other disks, while the 2, 3, and 5 are each adjacent to four other disks. 

 
6 numbered circles stacked in triangle shape starting with number 1 at top line with arrowhead at right line of 6 numbered circles starting at left with number 1

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