Lava Worlds

Streaming video - 2015

Explore the theoretical limit of the smallest possible orbit for a planet, taking into consideration tidal stresses and other destructive processes. Then focus on Professor Winn’s search for such objects, which found probable lava worlds—planets heated to rock-melting temperatures by their extreme closeness to their host stars..

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Genres
Educational films
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : The Great Courses 2015.
2016.
Language
English
Online Access
A Kanopy streaming video
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Item Description
In Process Record.
Title from title frames.
Film
Physical Description
1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Playing Time
00:31:04
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Access
AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).