The Sky at Night · SEASON 45

Crash and Burn

Episode 8 · 2001-07-23

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Episode overview

The Earth is constantly bombarded by small fragments of space debris, but somewhere in the Solar System a sizeable asteroid or comet is probably on a collision course with Earth. We don't know where or when the impact will happen but it may prove catastrophic for life on Earth. In the first of two programmes on the subject, Patrick Moore is joined by Jonathan Tate and Lembit Opik to discuss where this threat comes from and assesses the chances of impact from a Potentially Hazardous Object.

Season 45 episodes

1. Genesis - Earth and Moon2001-01-08 2. Cassini: Next Stop Saturn2001-02-05 3. A New View of Mars2001-03-05 4. Pictures from the Red Planet2001-12-17 5. Meet the Neighbours2001-04-30 6. Eye Spy...2001-05-28 7. Our Star2001-06-25 8. Crash and Burn2001-07-23 9. Great Balls of Fire2001-08-20 10. Evolving Universe: Beginnings2001-09-17 11. Evolving Universe: Modern Views2001-10-15 12. The Lion's Storm2001-11-05 13. The Star of Bethlehem2001-12-10