Extreme Orbits - Clockwork and Creation
How the Universe Works · Season 2 · Episode 5
We owe our existence to the stability of earth's orbit. But we are the freaks: everywhere else we look we find orbits are chaotic, unstable, and violent. Yet on the very largest scale, orbits are also a creative force, even constructing the fabric of the universe itself.
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Season
2
Episode
5
Air Date
08/Aug/2012
Air Time
22:00
Runtime
42 min
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We owe our existence to the stability of earth's orbit. But we are the freaks: everywhere else we look we find orbits are chaotic, unstable, and violent. Yet on the very largest scale, orbits are also a creative force, even constructing the fabric of the universe itself.
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