{"id":744,"date":"2019-03-19T15:37:22","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T15:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/?p=744"},"modified":"2022-03-15T14:38:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T14:38:53","slug":"are-you-positive-thats-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/2019\/03\/are-you-positive-thats-north\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Positive That’s North?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sometimes it seems like you can’t count on anything, and now the Earth’s north pole is on the move at a dramatically accelerated rate, more than 30 miles per year. Of course, that’s not the rotation pole, but the magnetic pole, and it’s not the north magnetic pole, it’s the magnetic north pole. Confused? That’s what the astroquarks are here for. Tune in for this, more interesting news about the complicated environments around the cool red stars that are home to so many exoplanets, space news, and trivia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Catch it here<\/a> or wherever you get your podcasts. Also, check out our youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sometimes it seems like you can’t count on anything, and now the Earth’s north pole is on the move at a dramatically accelerated rate, more than 30 miles per year. Of course, that’s not the…<\/p>\n

Read MoreAre You Positive That’s North?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":745,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13,3,9,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-earth","category-episodes","category-exoplanets","category-newsandsuch","excerpt","full-without-featured","even","excerpt-0"],"yoast_head":"\nAre You Positive That's North? - Walkabout the Galaxy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/2019\/03\/are-you-positive-thats-north\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Are You Positive That's North? - Walkabout the Galaxy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sometimes it seems like you can’t count on anything, and now the Earth’s north pole is on the move at a dramatically accelerated rate, more than 30 miles per year. Of course, that’s not the…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/2019\/03\/are-you-positive-thats-north\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Walkabout the Galaxy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-03-19T15:37:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-03-15T14:38:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/03\/wbtg0001.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"618\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"410\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Diego Rodrigues\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/2019\/03\/are-you-positive-thats-north\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/2019\/03\/are-you-positive-thats-north\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Diego Rodrigues\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/#\/schema\/person\/b0ef3a85cd0281cd94d1c68a16048bc3\"},\"headline\":\"Are You Positive That’s North?\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-03-19T15:37:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-15T14:38:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/2019\/03\/are-you-positive-thats-north\/\"},\"wordCount\":118,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/2019\/03\/are-you-positive-thats-north\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/03\/wbtg0001.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Earth\",\"Episodes\",\"Exoplanets\",\"News and Such\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/2019\/03\/are-you-positive-thats-north\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/2019\/03\/are-you-positive-thats-north\/\",\"name\":\"Are You Positive That's North? - Walkabout the Galaxy\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/2019\/03\/are-you-positive-thats-north\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/2019\/03\/are-you-positive-thats-north\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/03\/wbtg0001.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-03-19T15:37:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-15T14:38:53+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/2019\/03\/are-you-positive-thats-north\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/2019\/03\/are-you-positive-thats-north\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/03\/wbtg0001.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/03\/wbtg0001.jpg\",\"width\":618,\"height\":410,\"caption\":\"View of Earth from space, showing Europe, Greenland, and parts of Africa and Asia, with clouds visible over the continents.\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/\",\"name\":\"Walkabout the Galaxy\",\"description\":\"An irreverent and informative tour of the latest, greatest and most interesting discoveries in astronomy.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Walk About the Galaxy\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2020\/11\/wabtWHITE.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2020\/11\/wabtWHITE.jpg\",\"width\":900,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Walk About the Galaxy\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/#\/schema\/person\/b0ef3a85cd0281cd94d1c68a16048bc3\",\"name\":\"Diego Rodrigues\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f6748a2318c3d0e922b0ceb65c16731b5ed126e4813059ae1612c3a586eece0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f6748a2318c3d0e922b0ceb65c16731b5ed126e4813059ae1612c3a586eece0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f6748a2318c3d0e922b0ceb65c16731b5ed126e4813059ae1612c3a586eece0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Diego Rodrigues\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/author\/diegorodrigues\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Are You Positive That's North? - Walkabout the Galaxy","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/2019\/03\/are-you-positive-thats-north\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Are You Positive That's North? - Walkabout the Galaxy","og_description":"Sometimes it seems like you can’t count on anything, and now the Earth’s north pole is on the move at a dramatically accelerated rate, more than 30 miles per year. Of course, that’s not the…","og_url":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/2019\/03\/are-you-positive-thats-north\/","og_site_name":"Walkabout the Galaxy","article_published_time":"2019-03-19T15:37:22+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-03-15T14:38:53+00:00","og_image":[{"width":618,"height":410,"url":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/03\/wbtg0001.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Diego Rodrigues","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/2019\/03\/are-you-positive-thats-north\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/2019\/03\/are-you-positive-thats-north\/"},"author":{"name":"Diego Rodrigues","@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/#\/schema\/person\/b0ef3a85cd0281cd94d1c68a16048bc3"},"headline":"Are You Positive That’s North?","datePublished":"2019-03-19T15:37:22+00:00","dateModified":"2022-03-15T14:38:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/2019\/03\/are-you-positive-thats-north\/"},"wordCount":118,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/2019\/03\/are-you-positive-thats-north\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/03\/wbtg0001.jpg","articleSection":["Earth","Episodes","Exoplanets","News and Such"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/2019\/03\/are-you-positive-thats-north\/","url":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/2019\/03\/are-you-positive-thats-north\/","name":"Are You Positive That's North? - Walkabout the Galaxy","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/2019\/03\/are-you-positive-thats-north\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/2019\/03\/are-you-positive-thats-north\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/03\/wbtg0001.jpg","datePublished":"2019-03-19T15:37:22+00:00","dateModified":"2022-03-15T14:38:53+00:00","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/2019\/03\/are-you-positive-thats-north\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/2019\/03\/are-you-positive-thats-north\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/03\/wbtg0001.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/03\/wbtg0001.jpg","width":618,"height":410,"caption":"View of Earth from space, showing Europe, Greenland, and parts of Africa and Asia, with clouds visible over the continents."},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/","name":"Walkabout the Galaxy","description":"An irreverent and informative tour of the latest, greatest and most interesting discoveries in astronomy.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/#organization","name":"Walk About the Galaxy","url":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2020\/11\/wabtWHITE.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2020\/11\/wabtWHITE.jpg","width":900,"height":900,"caption":"Walk About the Galaxy"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/#\/schema\/person\/b0ef3a85cd0281cd94d1c68a16048bc3","name":"Diego Rodrigues","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f6748a2318c3d0e922b0ceb65c16731b5ed126e4813059ae1612c3a586eece0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f6748a2318c3d0e922b0ceb65c16731b5ed126e4813059ae1612c3a586eece0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f6748a2318c3d0e922b0ceb65c16731b5ed126e4813059ae1612c3a586eece0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Diego Rodrigues"},"url":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/author\/diegorodrigues\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=744"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":759,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744\/revisions\/759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}