Planetary science - for iPod/iPhone

by The Open University
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Our planet is at the centre of a cosmic shooting gallery. This album examines the evidence for and effect of asteroid impacts and meteor explosions on Earth. The 6 video tracks assess the environmental effects caused by bolides of different sizes and trajectories. How do scientists detect that a crater on Earth is the result of an asteroid impact? Ian Gilmour visits an unusual circular feature at Nordingen in Southern Germany and Peter Schultz describes the oblique impact at Rio Quarto in Argentina. When comets collide with planets, the consequences can be catastrophic. What kind of impact could cause mass extinction on earth?This material forms part of The Open University course S283 Planetary science and the search for life.

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  • Planetary science
    Apr 13, 2010 – 00:01:07
  • Transcript -- Planetary science
    Apr 13, 2010 –
  • The Nature of Impacts
    Jan 23, 2009 – 00:05:51
  • Transcript -- The Nature of Impacts
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  • The Formation of Craters
    Jan 23, 2009 – 00:04:49
  • Transcript -- The Formation of Craters
    Jan 23, 2009 –
  • Reconstructing the Impact
    Jan 23, 2009 – 00:02:09
  • Transcript -- Reconstructing the Impact
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  • Low Angle Impacts
    Jan 23, 2009 – 00:01:27
  • Transcript -- Low Angle Impacts
    Jan 23, 2009 –
  • The Consequences on Earth
    Jan 23, 2009 – 00:02:25
  • Transcript -- The Consequences on Earth
    Jan 23, 2009 –
  • The Pacific Ocean Explosion
    Jan 23, 2009 – 00:02:03
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