Asteroid Belt Current Affairs, GK & News
First-Ever Quadruple Asteroid
Astronomers discovered a third moon orbiting the main-belt asteroid (130) Elektra. This is the first quadruple asteroid ever found. Key Facts Elektra is a large main-belt asteroid. It was first discovered by Litchfield Observatory astronomer Christian Peters on February 17, 1873. Elektra has an effective diameter of 199 km and an estimated mass of 7*1018 First ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Asteroid Belt • Elektra Asteroid • First-Ever Quadruple Asteroid • Moons of Elektra Asteroid
Earth Trojan Asteroid
The Trojan asteroids are those asteroids that share a common orbit with a planet in the solar system. These rocks circle the same star as that of the planet in the same path. So far only one Trojan asteroid was known to revolve in earth’s orbit. It was called 2010 TK7. Recently astronomers have found ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: 2010 TK7 • 2020 XL5 • Asteroid • Asteroid Belt • Earth Trojan Asteroid • Jupiter • Jupiter Trojan Asteroid • Lagrange point • Mission Lucy • NASA • Saturn • Saturn Trojan Asteroid • Trojan Asteroid • Trojan Moons
UAE announces Probe targeting asteroid between Mars & Jupiter
United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced its plan to send a probe on an asteroid between Mars and Jupiter for collecting data regarding origins of the universe. Key Facts If this mission is successful, UAE will join the elite club of the European Union, Japan and the United States. These countries have already completed its mission ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Asteroid Belt • Human Colony on Mars • UAE Space Missions • UAE's mission on Moon • United Arab Emirates
NASA’s Psyche Mission- Key Facts
American Space Agency, NASA, is set to send its “Psyche Mission” to visit a giant asteroid called Psyche, which could be the frozen remains of molten core of a bygone world. Key points Psyche asteroid orbits around the Sun in main asteroid belt, in between Mars and Jupiter. According to data gathered through Earth-based radar and optical telescopes, ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2021
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Asteroid Belt • NASA • NASA's Psyche Mission • Psyche asteroid • Psyche Mission
NASA’s Lucy Mission- Key Facts
American Space Agency, NASA, is set to send its first spacecraft to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids. Key Points Spacecraft will be launched from “Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida” on October 16, 2021. This spacecraft would obtain new insights into the formation of solar system 4.5 billion years ago. The spacecraft has been named as ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Asteroid • Asteroid Belt • Jupiter • Mission Lucy • NASA (United States) • Trojans