The Sky at Night
Season 19 Episode 12 - The Rocks on Venus
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1957
Documentary, News
On 22 October the Russians landed a space-probe on the planet Venus and sent back pictures of the surface which have taken astronomers completely by surprise. Venus has been called the planet of mystery - and these results make it more mysterious still. Patrick Moore talks to Dr Garry Hunt about the new questions raised by these landings.
Episodes in Season 19
1
Orion, the Hunter
2
The New Northern Hemisphere Laboratory
3
Algol: The Winking Demon
4
Astronomy of The Infra-Red
5
The Outer Planets
6
The Mysterious X-rays
7
The Hot Clouds of the Sun
8
The New Moon
9
The Galilean Satellites
10
The Origin of the Universe
11
New Star in Cygnus
12
The Rocks on Venus
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