The Sky at Night
Season 25 Episode 7 - Bombardment from Space
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1957
Documentary, News
What are the chances of the Earth being hit by an asteroid - another and much smaller world orbiting the Sun? Just over 40 years ago the Earth was nearly in collision with an asteroid called Hermes. Statistically the danger of a collision is slight, but by no means nil. In America the NASA authorities have announced plans for destroying any approaching asteroid with a nuclear missile. Can we predict the possibility of a collision? In this programme Patrick Moore discusses the whole question of asteroid collisions with Dr David Hughes of Sheffield University.
Episodes in Season 25
1
The 200-inch Telescope at Mount
2
The Sword of Orion
3
Mr Herschel's Planet
4
The Spring Sky
5
'In the Beginning.... '
6
Neptune - the Mysterious Giant
7
Bombardment from Space
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8
The Summer Sky
9
The Perseids
10
Voyager 2: A Second Opinion of Saturn
11
A Tribute to Sir Bernard Lovell
12
The Autumn Sky
13
