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Strange Worlds
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Professor Brian Cox explores the solar system鈥檚 misfits and oddballs, and investigates the forces that sculpted the bizarre features on these strange worlds.
Professor Brian Cox explores the solar system鈥檚 weirdest worlds 鈥� the misfits and oddballs with freakish shapes and sizes.
He visits an egg-shaped dwarf planet that shouldn鈥檛 really exist, a tiny moon that looks like a UFO, a tortured patchwork moon, and an eerie ocean world in orbit around Jupiter. He also finds out how simple forces have created such bizarre places.
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Tue 12 Nov 2024
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The egg-shaped dwarf planet with a four-hour day
Duration: 00:59
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Brian Cox |
| Series Producer | Suzy Boyles |
| Series Producer | Alice Jones |
| Executive Producer | Gideon Bradshaw |
| Executive Producer | Andrew Cohen |