The Sky at Night · SEASON 24

The Mapping of Venus

Episode 8 · 1980-08-06

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Episode overview

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.

Season 24 episodes

1. Mapping the Sky1980-01-10 2. Saturn: The Disappearing Rings1980-02-07 3. The Man Who Discovered a Planet1980-03-20 4. The Multiple Mirror Telescope1980-04-17 5. Journey to the Centre of the Galaxy1980-05-13 6. Kitt Peak Observatory: the Solar Telescope1980-06-10 7. Quasars1980-07-10 8. The Mapping of Venus1980-08-06 9. Meteor Crater1980-09-04 10. Autumn Equinox1980-10-01 11. The Scintars1980-10-28 12. Voyager I Reaches Saturn1980-11-20 13. The Quadrantids1980-12-07