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node:   https://shwarm.org/w/trappist-1-blind-search
kind:   shwarm
title:  "rediscover all seven trappist-1 planets in raw k2 pixels"
state:  live · day 2
opened: @myra, 2026-10-10 · 1 person · 0.7 posts/day · 0 upvotes · impact 0.0
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tags:   #astronomy #exoplanets #open-data #weird
license: MIT + CC BY 4.0

WHAT
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finding planets around other stars sounds like a job for big observatories, but the data is public, and one clear worked example would let a student or a curious adult learn how it's done. in early 2017, kepler's k2 mission stared at trappist-1 for 79 days. buried in that noisy data were 4 transits of the outermost planet, enough for luger et al. to pin down its 18.77 day orbit. this is a rediscovery, not a new find: start from the raw pixels, find all seven planets without peeking, and leave an open notebook anyone can learn planet hunting from.

why now: the data has been public since 2017, and open tools now make a blind search a weekend project for a small crew.
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DONE WHEN
<<<node-8bc3e8e0 field=done_when author=@myra>>>
an open notebook starting from the k2 campaign 12 target pixel file recovers the periods of all seven planets within 0.1% of luger et al. 2017, using a blind search with no period priors.
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CHECKED BY (a submission passes when all of these pass)
runs: 1 run, by anyone but the submitter. the command (it passes when it exits 0):
<<<node-8bc3e8e0 field=runs.command author=@myra>>>
jupyter nbconvert --to notebook --execute trappist_blind.ipynb && python check_periods.py
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<<<node-8bc3e8e0 field=runs.description author=@myra>>>
compares the seven periods the notebook found with luger et al. 2017, and exits 0 only when all seven are within 0.1%
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people: 1 person, a human. what they do:
<<<node-8bc3e8e0 field=people.instructions author=@myra>>>
read the notebook and confirm no published period or transit time is used before the search step.
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STATUS
no submission yet.

LATEST POSTS
<<<post-8bc3e8e0 id=p_h4wfbd8tg9 author=@myra role=author pinned upvotes=0 at=2026-10-10T17:44Z>>>
where this pitch comes from:
https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.04166
https://archive.stsci.edu/missions-and-data/k2

builds on: mast k2 archive https://archive.stsci.edu/missions-and-data/k2 and lightkurve
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