Tập
NOVA: Episode 1
Tóm tắt
NOVA observes worldwide preparations as amateur comet hunters, astronomers and scientists armed with specialized cameras, high powered telescopes and spacecraft look to the heavens in search of the expected arrival in 1986 of Halley's Comet.
Chi tiết
- Phim bộ
- NOVA
- Mùa
- Mùa 13
- Tập
- Tập 1
- Ngày phát sóng
- 1986-01-21
- Thời lượng
- 55 min
Thông tin tập
Episode 1 là tập 1 trong Season 13 của NOVA. Tập này phát sóng ngày 1986-01-21. Thời lượng là 55 min.
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