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Neptune: Voyager's Last Planet

Voyager 2 has now passed Neptune, sending back remarkable new information about this distant planet. Patrick Moore and guests summarise what has been discovered. (1989)

Voyager 2, launched in 1977, has already passed by the giant planets Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus, all of which have provided plenty of surprises. Voyager has now passed Neptune, sending back remarkable new information about the outermost planet.

Patrick Moore is joined by Dr Garry Hunt and other experts from the American team to summarise what has been discovered about this lonely, remote world. (1989)

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Sat 16 Sep 1989 17:40
BBC Two

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Presenter Patrick Moore
Participant Dr Garry Hunt
Sound Doug Whittaker
Photographer Alastair Mitchell
Video Editor Dave Rixon
Producer Pieter Morpurgo

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