How the Universe Works · SEASON 2
Extreme Orbits - Clockwork and Creation
Episode 5 · 2012-08-08

- Documentary
Episode overview
We owe our existence to the stability of earth's orbit. But we are the freaks: everywhere else we look we find orbits are chaotic, unstable, and violent. Yet on the very largest scale, orbits are also a creative force, even constructing the fabric of the universe itself.
42 minutes
Season 2 episodes
1. Volcanoes - The Furnaces of Life2012-07-11
2. Megastorms - The Winds of Creation2012-07-18
3. Exoplanets - Planets from Hell2012-07-25
4. Megaflares - Cosmic Firestorms2012-08-01
5. Extreme Orbits - Clockwork and Creation2012-08-08
6. Comets - Frozen Wanderers2012-08-15
7. Asteroids - Worlds That Never Were2012-08-22
8. Birth of the Earth2012-08-29