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Planetary science - for iPod/iPhone

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?

  • 1 minute 7 seconds
    Planetary science
    A short introduction to this album.
    12 April 2010, 11:25 pm
  • Transcript -- Planetary science
    Transcript -- A short introduction to this album.
    12 April 2010, 11:25 pm
  • 5 minutes 51 seconds
    The Nature of Impacts
    What happens when an asteroid crashes into a planet? Geologists investigate the causes of the Reis crater in Germany.
    23 January 2009, 3:03 am
  • Transcript -- The Nature of Impacts
    Transcript -- What happens when an asteroid crashes into a planet? Geologists investigate the causes of the Reis crater in Germany.
    23 January 2009, 3:03 am
  • 4 minutes 49 seconds
    The Formation of Craters
    When an asteroid penetrates the Earth's surface, it incredible temperatures and shockwaves transform the landscape.
    23 January 2009, 3:02 am
  • Transcript -- The Formation of Craters
    Transcript -- When an asteroid penetrates the Earth's surface, it incredible temperatures and shockwaves transform the landscape.
    23 January 2009, 3:02 am
  • 2 minutes 9 seconds
    Reconstructing the Impact
    The devastation caused in just 5 minutes when an asteroid smashes into the Earth.
    23 January 2009, 3:01 am
  • Transcript -- Reconstructing the Impact
    Transcript -- The devastation caused in just 5 minutes when an asteroid smashes into the Earth.
    23 January 2009, 3:01 am
  • 1 minute 27 seconds
    Low Angle Impacts
    Comparing the size and shape of craters on Earth and other planets. Special focus on the Rio Quarto crater in Argentina.
    23 January 2009, 3:00 am
  • Transcript -- Low Angle Impacts
    Transcript -- Comparing the size and shape of craters on Earth and other planets. Special focus on the Rio Quarto crater in Argentina.
    23 January 2009, 3:00 am
  • 2 minutes 25 seconds
    The Consequences on Earth
    Impacts can have massive environmental effects, for example, the meteor explosion above Tunguska, Siberia.
    23 January 2009, 2:59 am
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