- Title: The Planets: Planets: Of Gas
- Date: 23rd August 1989
- Summary: GEYSERS SPEWING LIQUID SULPHUR, MOONS MADE OF SOLID ICE, OCEANS OF METHANE OBSCURED BY ORANGE CLOUDS - THESE ARE SOME OF THE SURPRISES IN STORE WHEN HEATHE R COUPER LOOKS AT THE TWO GIANTS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM; THE GAS PLANETS JUPITER AND SATURN. HEATHER VISITS JPL IN CALIFORNIA - HOME OF THE VOYAGER SPACEPROBES WHICH SURVEYED JUPITER AND SATURN SO THOROUGHLY - AND MEETS TORRANCE JOHNSON, PROJECT SCIENTIST FOR THE FORTHCOMING GALILEO MISSION TO JUPITER. AS WELL AS MAKING HAIRSBREADTH PASSES OF JUPITER'S MOONS, GALILEO WILL SEND A PROBE INTO JUPITER ITSELF..... NB THIS PROGRAMME HAS BEEN UPDATED FOR THE REPEAT SHOWING
- Description:THE PLANETS IS A SERIES OF PROGRAMMES ABOUT THE SUN'S FAMILY - OUR LOCALNEIGHBOURHOOD IN SPACE. AIMED AT ANYONE OVER TEN,THE PROGRAMMES PUT EACHPLANET IN PERSPECTIVE - HISTORICALLY,CULTURALLY,AND SCIENTIFICALLY.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:Moving Picture Company
- Programme Episode:Episode 5
- Transmission Date:23/08/1989
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1980s