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Pioneering the Heliosphere

Jul 3, 1983

Two rocket probes, Pioneers 10 and 11, are on their way out of the solar system. They are sending back new information about the heliosphere, that part of space in which the influence of the sun is dominant. Patrick Moore and Iain Nicolson talk

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Season 27 Episodes13

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The Winter Sky

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A New Frontier

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Mauna Kea - Half-way to Space

The Quickest Pulsar

Neutrino Hunting

Speckles of Light

Pioneering the Heliosphere

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Illuminating Quasars

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Unlocking the Secrets of Vega

The Autumn Sky

The Mount Wilson Observatory

Discoveries in Space

The Black Hole Weigh-In

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Episode Summary

"Pioneering the Heliosphere" is episode 7 of The Sky at Night season 27. It aired on July 3, 1983.

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