Married to the Moon ; Patrick Moore's Passion for the Universe has Beguiled Tv Viewers for 50 Years. Here, He Reveals How It Grew From a Very Earthly Affair ... And the Tragic Death of the Only Girl He Ever Loved

Daily Mail › January 09, 2007

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THE asteroid named after Sir Patrick Moore is hurtling through our galaxy, somewhere between Mars and Jupiter. But the human Sir Patrick Moore is sitting in his study, staring fiercely at me through his monocle.

'My asteroid is in the outer asteroid belt,' he explains.

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Married to the Moon ; Patrick Moore's Passion for the Universe has Beguiled Tv Viewers for 50 Years. Here, He Reveals How It Grew From a Very Earthly Affair ... And the Tragic Death of the Only Girl He Ever Loved

'It is only a little one, just five miles across.' This year - we are dealing in Earth years - the BBC's astronomy programme The Sky At Night is 50 years old. Sunday saw the 650th broadcast - the 649th presented by Sir Patrick. (He has only missed one - when he was poisoned by a rogue goose egg - and was disgusted that the programme was relegated to the graveyard slot of 1.55am.) To mark the occasion, I have taken the pilgrimage to his fairytale cottage Farthings, in Sussex, to hear stories of the stars. There is a sign by the doorbell....

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