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Ghostly Travellers

Comets are strange and exotic objects, the remnants from dead stars. Patrick Moore discusses NASA's EPOXI mission, which hopes to rendezvous with comet Hartley 2.

Comets are strange and exotic objects, the remnants from dead stars and the birth pangs of our solar system. Only a handful of these ghostly, celestial objects have been seen at close quarters. Sir Patrick Moore discusses NASA's EPOXI mission, which hopes to rendezvous with comet Hartley 2 on November 4th.

29 minutes

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Presenter Patrick Moore
Series Producer Jane Fletcher
Executive Producer William Lyons

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