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Close Encounters
Every day, asteroids whiz past the Earth on their journey through space. Sir Patrick Moore discusses the chances of a close encounter with an asteroid, after telescopes recently got a unique view of an asteroid disintegrating in our atmosphere.
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![Herschel in the Red](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/LW2mv9LyXFAuIX7S86I7wtaoQE.jpg)
![Close Encounters](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/LW2mv9LyXFAuIX7S86I7wtaoQE.jpg)
![Neighbourhood Watch](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/LW2mv9LyXFAuIX7S86I7wtaoQE.jpg)
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![Jupiter Rising](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/LW2mv9LyXFAuIX7S86I7wtaoQE.jpg)
![The Great Observatories](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/LW2mv9LyXFAuIX7S86I7wtaoQE.jpg)
![Lunar Impact](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/LW2mv9LyXFAuIX7S86I7wtaoQE.jpg)
![Exploring Mars](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/LW2mv9LyXFAuIX7S86I7wtaoQE.jpg)
![The Winter Sky](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/LW2mv9LyXFAuIX7S86I7wtaoQE.jpg)