The Sky at Night
Season 24 Episode 8 - The Mapping of Venus
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1957
Documentary, News
In December 1978 America's Pioneer Venus I reached its target. Since then it has been orbiting Venus, and mapping the planet's surface by means of radar. Venus is not the kind of world it was once believed to be; it has volcanoes, high plateaux, and deep canyons. In this programme Dr Garry Hunt joins Patrick Moore to describe the new findings, which have changed many of our past theories about this strange world.
Episodes in Season 24
1
Mapping the Sky
2
Saturn: The Disappearing Rings
3
The Man Who Discovered a Planet
4
The Multiple Mirror Telescope
5
Journey to the Centre of the Galaxy
6
Kitt Peak Observatory: the Solar Telescope
7
Quasars
8
The Mapping of Venus
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Meteor Crater
10
Autumn Equinox
11
The Scintars
12
Voyager I Reaches Saturn
13
