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Browse 11 OpenLearn items Professor David Hughes has worked on

• Copyright: NASA/JPL

  

  Snowballs In Space: An Introduction to Comets, their sizes and decay¹¹⁴

  Professor David W Hughes introduces the science behind comets

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  Updated on:

  28 Jun 2005

• Copyright: NASA

  

  What, Where and Why of Comets¹¹⁴

  The what, where and why of comets is explained by Professor David W Hughes in this article

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  Updated on:

  28 Jun 2005

• Copyright: NASA/JPL

  

  Cometary History¹¹⁴

  Professor David W Hughes explores the history of comets

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  Updated on:

  28 Jun 2005

• Copyright: NASA/JSC

  

  Voyage To The Planets: Remote Sensing¹¹⁴

  Professor David W Hughes offers a brief history of sending spacecraft to observe the planets in our Solar System.

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  Updated on:

  25 Dec 2004

• Copyright: NASA/JSL

  

  Are Manned Missions Worth It?¹¹⁴

  Professor David W Hughes compares the benefits of sending probes to explore the solar system against the value that manned missions could offer

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  Updated on:

  25 Dec 2004

• Copyright: NASA/JPL

  

  Landing On The Planets¹¹⁴

  Professor David W Hughes offers a brief history of sending spacecraft to land on the planets in our solar system

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  Updated on:

  25 Dec 2004

• Copyright: NASA JSC

  

  Exploring the Solar System¹¹⁴

  How has humanity gone beyond the planet to explore the stars? David Hughes takes us from looking to touching

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  Updated on:

  25 Dec 2004

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  Finding Asteroids In Space¹¹⁴

  Professor David W Hughes discusses the ways that astronomers detect and observe asteroids

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  Updated on:

  05 Aug 2004

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  A Brief History of Asteroid Spotting¹¹⁴

  Professor David W Hughes explores the history of the search for asteroids

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  Updated on:

  05 Aug 2004

• Copyright: NASA

  

  Registering and Tracking Asteroids¹¹⁴

  Professor David W Hughes explains how asteroids are registered and tracked to keep watch for any potential 'Near Earth Asteroids'

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  Updated on:

  04 Aug 2004

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  History of The Transit of Venus¹¹⁴

  There are no records of astronomers observing the Transit of Venus until the 17th century. Professor David W Hughes picks up the story

  Read now: History of The Transit of Venus

  Updated on:

  01 Jun 2004