The Sky at Night

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The Sky at Night - Season 2011 Episode 8 Dawn at Vesta


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30 minutes 2024 HD

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The NASA spacecraft Dawn is getting up close and personal with the asteroid Vesta. Sir Patrick Moore discusses the first fly-by images of this most unusual asteroid, which will tell us more about how our solar system formed some 4.5 billion years ago. Paul Abel and Pete Lawrence their guide to the August night sky, including the return of the red planet Mars.

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