{"id":2731,"date":"2017-03-27T00:00:51","date_gmt":"2017-03-26T23:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/physicsoutreach\/?p=2731"},"modified":"2022-04-13T15:57:44","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T14:57:44","slug":"pythagorean-astronomy-trappist-1-and-other-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/physicsoutreach\/2017\/03\/27\/pythagorean-astronomy-trappist-1-and-other-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Pythagorean Astronomy: TRAPPIST-1 and other stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"image pull-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/images\/eso1615c\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2728\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2728\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/physicsoutreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/236\/2017\/03\/TRAPPIST-1_eso1615c-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"TRAPPIST-1 artist impression\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/physicsoutreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/236\/2017\/03\/TRAPPIST-1_eso1615c-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/physicsoutreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/236\/2017\/03\/TRAPPIST-1_eso1615c-483x338.jpg 483w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/physicsoutreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/236\/2017\/03\/TRAPPIST-1_eso1615c-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/physicsoutreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/236\/2017\/03\/TRAPPIST-1_eso1615c-1024x717.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>At the end of\u00a0last month, there was a lot of interest in the discovery of seven roughly Earth-sized planets in the <a href=\"http:\/\/trappist.one\">TRAPPIST-1 system<\/a>. One month on, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/chrisnorth\">Chris North<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lco.global\/user\/egomez\/\">Edward Gomez<\/a> discuss the implications of this discovery. We also get an update from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amaurytriaud.net\/\">Amaury Triaud<\/a>,\u00a0of the University of Cambridge, about TRAPPIST and its successor, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.speculoos.ulg.ac.be\/cms\/c_3272698\/en\/speculoos-portail\">SPECULOOS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here in our own Solar System, there&#8217;s the discovery of a <a href=\"http:\/\/m.esa.int\/Our_Activities\/Space_Science\/Rosetta\/Collapsing_cliff_reveals_comet_s_interior\">cometary landslide<\/a> from Rosetta, a milestone in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/jpl\/breaks-observed-in-rover-wheel-treads\">wheel-wear<\/a> on the Mars Curiosity Rover, and an update on some of Saturn&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naoj.org\/Pressrelease\/2017\/02\/23\/index.html\">darker\u00a0rings<\/a> from Japan. Further afield,\u00a0a study of the rotation of galaxies in the distant Universe came under <a href=\"https:\/\/tritonstation.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/19\/declining-rotation-curves-at-high-redshift\/\">some scrutiny<\/a>, shedding a bit of light on the process of scientific discovery.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2731-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/astrog80.astro.cf.ac.uk\/pythagoras-trousers\/mp3\/Mar2017_full_PHYSX.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/astrog80.astro.cf.ac.uk\/pythagoras-trousers\/mp3\/Mar2017_full_PHYSX.mp3\">http:\/\/astrog80.astro.cf.ac.uk\/pythagoras-trousers\/mp3\/Mar2017_full_PHYSX.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>An extended edition of the an original\u00a0broadcast on 27th March\u00a02017 as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/pythagtrousers\/\">Pythagoras&#8217; Trousers<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiocardiff.org\/\">Radio Cardiff<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For an archive of Pythagorean Astronomy, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/pythagastro.uk\">pythagastro.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of\u00a0last month, there was a lot of interest in the discovery of seven roughly Earth-sized planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system. 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