Asteroid Current Affairs, GK & News
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
Asteroid 1994 PC1
The asteroid 1994 PC1 is to pass by earth on January 18, 2022. It will pass by at a distance of 1.2 million miles. This is five times the distance between moon and the earth. Therefore, the asteroid will not cause any harm to the earth. It is also known by the name “7482”. Its ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: 1994 PC1 • 7482 • Asteroid • Burj Khalifa • c-type asteroid • Ceres • kupler belt • Mojave Desert • NASA • Near Earth Asteroids • s-type asteroid
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
Asteroid 16 Psyche
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA has found that 16 Psyche asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter is made of rare metals such as gold, cobalt, platinum, rhenium and iridium. The total worth of the precious metals in the asteroid has been estimated as 10,000 Quadrillion USD by NASA scientists. Highlights According to the ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Asteroid • Asteroid Belt • Asteroids • NASA • oxidation • psyche • Solar wind • Van Allen radiation belt
China: World’s First Asteroid Mining Robot to be launched
China is set to launch the first asteroid mining robot in the world by November 2020. The main objective of the mission is to assess capabilities of robots in asteroid mining. The robot will identify and extract valuable resources. Highlights The robot to be sent has been named “Asteroid Mining Robot”. It is to be ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Asteroid • Asteroid mining • Atmosphere of Jupiter • Atmosphere of Mars • Jupiter • Space exploration • Startup