Episode 03: Holding Our Breath For TESS!

Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York.Find us on Twitter: @syzygypod twitter.com/SyzygyPodOr just visit us at home: syzygy.fmEmily at the University of York: www.york.ac.uk/physics/people/brunsden/Chris online: kipstewart.comSome of the things we talk about in this episode:Astronomical naming schemes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_naming_conventionsTESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite: https://tess.gsfc.nasa.govThe 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.htmlComparing Kepler and TESS fields of view: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=12885&button=recentExoplanet atmospheres: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2130730-neptune-like-exoplanet-spotted-that-has-a-watery-atmosphere/https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180301144131.htmTESS’s Mission Objectives: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/tess/objectives.htmlTESS’s orbit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AIbD2WxyN8SpaceX Rocket Man: https://youtu.be/aBr2kKAHN6MFly Your Exoplanet on TESS: https://tess.gsfc.nasa.gov/fly_your_exoplanet.htmlhttps://tess.gsfc.nasa.gov/fly_your_exoplanet_pics.htmlJames Webb Space Telescope: https://jwst.nasa.govJWST and Hubble mirror comparison: https://jwst.nasa.gov/mirrors.htmlJWST’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/