Halley's Comet: The Encounter

The Sky at Night Season 30 Episode 3

Overview:
Tonight's news from the comet comes as Europe's Giotto spacecraft plunges deep into the glowing dust and gases of its coma. At 47 miles per second, every grain of dust strikes like a bullet. Will Giotto be destroyed by that deadly hail, or will it win through, to send back the first pictures of the mysterious object at the heart of Halley's Comet? Horizon and The Sky at Night join forces, with Patrick Moore reporting from mission control at Darmstadt in West Germany, and James Burke at Greenwich, where Edmond Halley was Britain's second Astronomer Royal.

Genre : Documentary, News

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Release Date : 1986-03-13

Duration : 30 menit

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Other Episodes (Season 30)

Our Nearest Star
1. Our Nearest Star
Voyager to Uranus
2. Voyager to Uranus
Halley's Comet: The Encounter
3. Halley's Comet: The Encounter
The Spring Sky
4. The Spring Sky
The Story of Satum
5. The Story of Satum
Halley - The End of the Tale?
6. Halley - The End of the Tale?
The Summer Sky
7. The Summer Sky
The Death of a Star
8. The Death of a Star
The Innermost Planet
9. The Innermost Planet
The Furthest Depths of the Universe
10. The Furthest Depths of the Universe
The Autumn Sky
11. The Autumn Sky
Cosmic Lawn Sprinkler
12. Cosmic Lawn Sprinkler
The Galilean Moons
13. The Galilean Moons


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