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The Sky at Night: Fallout from Deep Impact

Series 399, episode 0

On July 4th NASA hopes that its impactor, from the spacecraft Deep Impact, will hit comet Tempel 1. Patrick Moore talks to leading comet experts about the fallout from this destructive act and reviews how the world has witnessed this extraordinary event. Chris Lintott reports from Palomar Observatory in California, where astronomers will be eagerly watching the comet, to see what happens when Deep Impact hits its mark.