Space Science: Comets, Meteors, and Planetoids

Duration: 11

Year Published: 1963

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Description: Intorduces the minor members of the solar system and discusses theories explaining their origin. Discusses the use of the spectroscope and radio and optical telescopes in providing us with information about comets, meteors, and planetoids. Uses telescopic photographs, live photography, animation, and other special effcts to show the meteor shower of 1833, the approach of Halley's comet, and the movemetns of planetoids. Collaborator: Fletcher Guard Watson.

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