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Battle of the Giants

Planets Jupiter and Saturn have moons which perplex with their strange appearance. Two astronomers discuss which planet, and its moons, we should return to.

As NASA, along with the European Space Agency, plan a return mission to either Jupiter or Saturn, two prominent astronomers discuss which planet we should return to.

The gas giants Jupiter and Saturn are magnificent and mysterious worlds, surrounded by moons which still perplex the astronomers with their strange appearance and incredible diversity. Europa, Jupiter's moon, offers the best chance yet of finding life elsewhere in our solar system, while Saturn's moon Titan, with its complex organic chemical lakes and a shore line uncannily like Cornwall, is now believed to be like the primeval Earth.

20 minutes

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Sat 7 Jun 2008 13:40

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Presenter Patrick Moore
Presenter Chris Lintott

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