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A Planet Called George

Episode 14 of 30

Astronomer Heather Couper looks at William Herschel's attempts to chart the cosmos using a homemade telescope, and how he doubled the size of the solar system. From June 2008.

15 minutes

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Fri 17 Nov 201702:15
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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