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The Sky at Night•Season 18•Episode 12

The Year of the Planets

Dec 18, 1974

During 1974 there have been some important and spectacular space missions. In the spring Mariner 10 sent back the first close-range pictures of cloud-covered Venus and crater-scarred Mercury. Then, early in December, Pioneer II made a close rendezvous with Jupiter, the only planet known to

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Season 18 Episodes12

Positional Astronomy

Saturn - The Ringed Planet

The Milky Way

Life in the Universe

The Daylight Star

The Heart of the Scorpion

Shooting Stars

Choosing a Telescope

Lord Rosse's Great Telescope

The Changing Force of Gravity

Eros - Wanderer in Space

The Year of the Planets

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Episode Summary

"The Year of the Planets" is episode 12 of The Sky at Night season 18. It aired on December 18, 1974.

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