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.

Duration: 56 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 5110

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Sun, Nov 2	7:00 A.M.	Superfloods NHPBS (11.1)
Sun, Nov 2	8:00 P.M.	Superfloods NH Explore (11.2)
Mon, Nov 3	12:00 A.M.	Superfloods NH Explore (11.2)
Tue, Nov 4	7:00 P.M.	Superfloods NH World (11.3)
Wed, Nov 5	12:00 A.M.	Superfloods NH World (11.3)
Wed, Nov 5	8:00 A.M.	Superfloods NH World (11.3)
Wed, Nov 5	9:00 P.M.	Operation Space Station: High-Risk Build NHPBS (11.1)
Thu, Nov 6	1:00 A.M.	Operation Space Station: High-Risk Build NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, Nov 7	3:00 P.M.	Operation Space Station: High-Risk Build NHPBS (11.1)
Sat, Nov 8	2:00 P.M.	Operation Space Station: High-Risk Build NH Explore (11.2)
Sun, Nov 9	5:00 A.M.	Operation Space Station: High-Risk Build NH Explore (11.2)
Sun, Nov 9	7:00 A.M.	Operation Space Station: High-Risk Build NHPBS (11.1)
Sun, Nov 9	8:00 P.M.	Operation Space Station: High-Risk Build NH Explore (11.2)
Mon, Nov 10	12:00 A.M.	Operation Space Station: High-Risk Build NH Explore (11.2)
Tue, Nov 11	7:00 P.M.	Operation Space Station: High-Risk Build NH World (11.3)
Wed, Nov 12	12:00 A.M.	Operation Space Station: High-Risk Build NH World (11.3)