The Sky at Night · SEASON 36

Comets a Second View

Episode 8 · 1992-07-20

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Episode overview

The Giotto spacecraft encountered Halley's Comet in 1986 and escaped. The same craft recently made close-range studies of the comet Grigg-Skellerup. Patrick Moore and Drjohn Mason are joined by Professor Susan McKenna-Lawlor to discuss the problems of comets.

Season 36 episodes

1. The Keck Reflector1992-01-12 2. Sky-Watcher1992-02-24 3. Asteroids1992-03-15 4. Shooting the Stars1992-04-06 5. Space for Astronomy1992-04-26 6. The Astronomer Royal1992-06-01 7. Our Outer Giants1992-06-28 8. Comets a Second View1992-07-20 9. The First Telescope1992-08-16 10. The Great Spiral1992-09-20 11. Venus - A New View1992-10-11 12. Six Into One Will Go1992-11-09 13. Glitch in the System1992-12-07