The Universe The Hunt for Ringed Planets (Season 4, Episode 5)
TV-14
TV Episode | 46 min | Documentary, History

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The Universe

The Hunt for Ringed Planets (Season 4, Episode 5)

TV-14

TV Episode | 46 min | Documentary, History

This program traces the history of the discoveries of planetary rings. The composition and the physics of the formation and stabilization of rings are explained.

Director

Douglas Cohen (as Douglas J. Cohen)

Writer

Frank Kosa

Producers

Frank Kosa | Arthur Maturo

Composer

Eric Amdahl

Cinematographers

Tom Collins | Dan Major | Kenneth Stipe (as Ken Stipe)

Editors

Lilly Posner | Tom Ronca | Gerard San Gemino | R.L. Shontel | Katie Smith

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Updated Sep 15, 2009

Release date

Sep 15, 2009 (United States)

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Erik Thompson Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	A Murder of Crows (1998)
Alex Filippenko Self - Univ. of California, Berkeley Self - Univ. of California, Berkeley See fewer	The Universe (2002)
Laura Danly Self - Griffith Observatory Self - Griffith Observatory See fewer	How the Universe Works (2010)
Jeff Cuzzi Self - NASA Ames Research Center Self - NASA Ames Research Center See fewer	Nova (1974)
Greg Laughlin Self - University of California, Santa Cruz Self - University of California, Santa Cruz See fewer	The Universe (2007)
Fiorella Terenzi Self - Author 'Heavenly Knowledge' Self - Author 'Heavenly Knowledge' See fewer	Invisible Universe (1995)
Jack Lissauer Self - NASA Ames Research Center Self - NASA Ames Research Center See fewer	Naked Science (2004)
Mark Showalter Self - NASA Ames Research Center Self - NASA Ames Research Center See fewer	How the Universe Works (2010)
Galileo Galiei Self - Astronomer (archive footage) Self - Astronomer (archive footage) See fewer	Control Tower (2011)