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Midsummer Sense

The Sky at Night

Season 8Episode 7Aired 1964-06-26
Midsummer Sense

Midsummer Sense

The accurate astronomical alignment of Stonehenge, notorious on Midsummer Day, contrasts with ancient Egyptian theories that the sun and planets revolved round the earth. Patrick Moore and Henry Brinton discuss the historical theories, some odd, some prescient, which have tried to explain the universe.