The Sky at Night · SEASON 16

An Exploded Planet?

Episode 10 · 1972-09-18

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Episode overview

There may once have been in the solar system an extra planet, destroyed in the remote past and producing the fragments we now know as asteroids. Patrick Moore talks about the 'missing' planet and its possible connection with the numerical relationship known as Bode's Law, which has puzzled astronomers for generations.

Season 16 episodes

1. The Great Bear1972-01-05 2. X-Ray Stars1972-02-02 3. Mars - A Dynamic World1972-03-01 4. What Do You Want to Know?1972-03-27 5. Fifteenth Anniversary1972-04-12 6. The Tenth Planet?1972-05-24 7. Midsummer and Megaliths1972-06-21 8. Jupiter - The Colossal Planet1972-07-19 9. The Andromeda Galaxy1972-08-16 10. An Exploded Planet?1972-09-18 11. Mars1972-10-02 12. Collapsing Stars1972-10-30 13. Tycho's Star1972-12-04