{"id":1360,"date":"2014-11-27T21:00:28","date_gmt":"2014-11-27T21:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/physicsoutreach\/?p=1360"},"modified":"2022-04-13T15:57:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T14:57:46","slug":"pythagorean-astronomy-adventures-of-philae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/physicsoutreach\/2014\/11\/27\/pythagorean-astronomy-adventures-of-philae\/","title":{"rendered":"Pythagorean Astronomy: Adventures of Philae"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"byline\">Chris North<\/div>\n<p>On 12th November 2014, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/Our_Activities\/Space_Science\/Rosetta\/The_Rosetta_lander\">Philae lander<\/a> separated from its mothership, ESA&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/rosetta.esa.int\/\">Rosetta<\/a> spacecraft, and made history by making the first ever soft landing on a comet. It wasn&#8217;t quite as soft as hoped, with Philae experiencing more than its fair share of ups and downs, but it provided an nerve-wracking few days for those of us watching from afar.<\/p>\n<p>It must have been far worse in the lander control room, with the teams struggling to get as much science as possible out of the lander. One of the <a href=\"http:\/\/sci.esa.int\/rosetta\/31445-instruments\/\">scientific instruments<\/a> on board was the UK-led <a href=\"http:\/\/rosettaptolemy.com\/about\/\">Ptolemy<\/a>\u00a0instrument &#8211; essentially a miniaturised chemistry-lab. I spoke to Ptolemy team member Dr Geraint Morgan, from the Open University, about Philae&#8217;s adventures, the science of Ptolemy, and the possible future of the mission.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1360-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/astrog80.astro.cf.ac.uk\/pythagoras-trousers\/mp3\/Nov2014_full_PHYSX.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/astrog80.astro.cf.ac.uk\/pythagoras-trousers\/mp3\/Nov2014_full_PHYSX.mp3\">http:\/\/astrog80.astro.cf.ac.uk\/pythagoras-trousers\/mp3\/Nov2014_full_PHYSX.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Originally broadcast (in edited form) on 27th November 2014 as part of the latest episode of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rhysphillips.co.uk\/pythagoras-trousers\/\">Pythagoras&#8217; Trousers<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiocardiff.org\/\">Radio Cardiff<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can also\u00a0watch a <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/eYBWrebOkGI\">summary of the Philae landing<\/a>\u00a0by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/UKAstroNut\">UK Astro Nut<\/a>\u00a0(aka Matt Allen,\u00a0post-graduate student here in\u00a0the School of Physics and Astronomy).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris North On 12th November 2014, the Philae lander separated from its mothership, ESA&#8217;s Rosetta spacecraft, and made history by making the first ever soft landing on a comet. 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