Solar System: Strange Worlds -
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From a dwarf planet that looks like a deflated football, to a tiny moon with cliffs taller than Mt. Everest, to the spectacular rings of Saturn, discover how the effects of gravity produce the amazing variety of weird worlds in our solar system.

Episode Duration: 56 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 5110

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