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Episode 03: Holding Our Breath For TESS!


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Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York.

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Or just visit us at home: syzygy.fm

Emily at the University of York: www.york.ac.uk/physics/people/brunsden/

Chris online: kipstewart.com

Some of the things we talk about in this episode:

Astronomical naming schemes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_naming_conventions

TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite: https://tess.gsfc.nasa.gov

The best exoplanet pages out there- get lost in the awesome! https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/

Kepler and K2 missions: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/main/index.html

Comparing Kepler and TESS fields of view: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=12885&button=recent

Exoplanet atmospheres: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2130730-neptune-like-exoplanet-spotted-that-has-a-watery-atmosphere/
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180301144131.htm

TESS’s Mission Objectives: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/tess/objectives.html

TESS’s orbit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AIbD2WxyN8

SpaceX Rocket Man: https://youtu.be/aBr2kKAHN6M

Fly Your Exoplanet on TESS: https://tess.gsfc.nasa.gov/fly_your_exoplanet.html

https://tess.gsfc.nasa.gov/fly_your_exoplanet_pics.html

James Webb Space Telescope: https://jwst.nasa.gov

JWST and Hubble mirror comparison: https://jwst.nasa.gov/mirrors.html

JWST’s L2 Lagrange Point: https://www.wired.com/2011/08/james-webb-space-telescope-and-l2-orbits/

Lagrange and Laplace: https://manyworldstheory.com/2014/11/24/lagrange-laplace-and-legendre-which-one-is-which/

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