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Episode 30 --- Uranus and Neptune --- Our Solar System’s Mysterious Ice Giants

Episode 30 --- Uranus and Neptune --- Our Solar System’s Mysterious Ice Giants

FromThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast


Episode 30 --- Uranus and Neptune --- Our Solar System’s Mysterious Ice Giants

FromThe Cosmic Controversy Podcast

ratings:
Length:
64 minutes
Released:
Dec 23, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Renowned planetary astronomer Heidi Hammel and I chat about our solar system’s mysterious ice giant planets, Uranus and Neptune.  There’s only been one flyby of these giant planets by NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft back in the late 1980s.  Hammel, who was part of the Voyager 2 science team, explains what that mission taught us about these objects and why we need to go back.   
Released:
Dec 23, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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Cosmic Controversy covers past and present issues in aerospace and astronomy with your host --- science journalist, Forbes contributor and ”Distant Wanderers: The Search for Planets Beyond the Solar System” author Bruce Dorminey.