{"id":1663,"date":"2015-07-30T20:00:38","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T20:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/physicsoutreach\/?p=1663"},"modified":"2022-04-13T15:57:45","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T14:57:45","slug":"pythagorean-astronomy-new-horizons-at-pluto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/physicsoutreach\/2015\/07\/30\/pythagorean-astronomy-new-horizons-at-pluto\/","title":{"rendered":"Pythagorean Astronomy: New Horizons at Pluto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 14th July 2015 the <a href=\"http:\/\/pluto.jhuapl.edu\/\">New Horizons<\/a> probe whizzed past Pluto, providing our first ever close-ups of this tiny world at the edge of our Solar System. This month, Edward Gomez and I discuss why Pluto is so fascinating, and what the first few images have told us. We also chatted about this month&#8217;s other big story, the discovery of another Earth-like planet, and why it&#8217;s a bit early to get too excited about future holiday plans! And Hugh Lang tells us about August&#8217;s Perseid meteor shower.<\/p>\n<p>To get a feel for why New Horizons has proved\u00a0so fascinating,\u00a0and why we want to know more about Pluto, we also hear from\u00a0a number of other people\u00a0at this year&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/nam2015.org\/\">National Astronomy Meeting<\/a> in Llandudno:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/star-www.st-and.ac.uk\/~jsg5\/\">Jane Greaves<\/a>\u00a0(University of St Andrews)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jengupta.com\/\">Jen Gupta<\/a> (University of Portsmouth)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rigel.org.uk\/\">Megan Argo<\/a> (University of Manchester)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/physics.open.ac.uk\/~sserjeant\/\">Steve Serjeant<\/a> (Open University)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/people\/sfg27\">Simon Green<\/a> (Open University)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/users.aber.ac.uk\/mng\/\">Manuel Grande<\/a> (Aberystwyth University)<\/li>\n<li>Charles Barclay (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackettobservatory.org\/\">Blackett Observatory<\/a>, Marlborough College)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/people\/d.southwood\">David Southwood<\/a> (Imperial College London, Ret&#8217;d Director of Science, ESA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1663-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/astrog80.astro.cf.ac.uk\/pythagoras-trousers\/mp3\/Jul2015_full_PHYSX.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/astrog80.astro.cf.ac.uk\/pythagoras-trousers\/mp3\/Jul2015_full_PHYSX.mp3\">http:\/\/astrog80.astro.cf.ac.uk\/pythagoras-trousers\/mp3\/Jul2015_full_PHYSX.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Originally broadcast (in edited form) on 30th July\u00a02015 as part 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>And don&#8217;t forget the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/rosetta-to-catch-a-comet-tickets-17965646733\">upcoming talk<\/a> about Rosetta on 24th August by\u00a0Mark McCaughrean, Senior Science Advisor at ESA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 14th July 2015 the New Horizons probe whizzed past Pluto, providing our first ever close-ups of this tiny world at the edge of our Solar System. 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