Planetary science - for iPad/Mac/PC
By The Open University
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Description
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? This material forms part of The Open University course S283 Planetary science and the search for life.
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Planetary science | A short introduction to this album. | 4/12/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Planetary science | Transcript -- A short introduction to this album. | 4/12/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 3 | VideoThe Nature of Impacts | What happens when an asteroid crashes into a planet? Geologists investigate the causes of the Reis crater in Germany. | 1/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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. | 1/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 5 | VideoThe Formation of Craters | When an asteroid penetrates the Earth's surface, it incredible temperatures and shockwaves transform the landscape. | 1/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- The Formation of Craters | Transcript -- When an asteroid penetrates the Earth's surface, it incredible temperatures and shockwaves transform the landscape. | 1/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 7 | VideoReconstructing the Impact | The devastation caused in just 5 minutes when an asteroid smashes into the Earth. | 1/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Reconstructing the Impact | Transcript -- The devastation caused in just 5 minutes when an asteroid smashes into the Earth. | 1/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 9 | VideoLow Angle Impacts | Comparing the size and shape of craters on Earth and other planets. Special focus on the Rio Quarto crater in Argentina. | 1/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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. | 1/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 11 | VideoThe Consequences on Earth | Impacts can have massive environmental effects, for example, the meteor explosion above Tunguska, Siberia. | 1/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- The Consequences on Earth | Transcript -- Impacts can have massive environmental effects, for example, the meteor explosion above Tunguska, Siberia. | 1/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 13 | VideoThe Pacific Ocean Explosion | Japanese fishermen witness a 20 kiloton event. But what size impact could cause mass extinction on Earth? | 1/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- The Pacific Ocean Explosion | Transcript -- Japanese fishermen witness a 20 kiloton event. But what size impact could cause mass extinction on Earth? | 1/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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