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The Sky at Night•Season 16•Episode 10

An Exploded Planet?

Sep 18, 1972

There may once have been in the solar system an extra planet, destroyed in the remote past and producing the fragments we now know as asteroids. Patrick Moore talks about the 'missing' planet and its possible connection with the numerical relationship known as Bode's

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The Great Bear

X-Ray Stars

Mars - A Dynamic World

What Do You Want to Know?

Fifteenth Anniversary

The Tenth Planet?

Midsummer and Megaliths

Jupiter - The Colossal Planet

The Andromeda Galaxy

An Exploded Planet?

Mars

Collapsing Stars

Tycho's Star

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Episode Summary

"An Exploded Planet?" is episode 10 of The Sky at Night season 16. It aired on September 18, 1972.

Next: E11 · Mars Best of Season 16