The Sky at Night · SEASON 24
Meteor Crater
Episode 9 · 1980-09-04
- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
In Northern Arizona there is a vast hole in the desert, almost a mile across and 600 feet deep, known as Meteor Crater. It was blasted out in prehistoric times by a huge iron meteorite, and is the most perfectly preserved impact area known on Earth. Patrick Moore visits Meteor Crater, and goes down into what has been described as the oldest of all natural museums.
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
