Asteroids Current Affairs, GK & News
What is 2020 SO?
2020 SO, a Near Earth Object (NEO), has been identified to be the Centaur upper stage rocket booster that helped NASA carry its Surveyor Spacecraft towards the moon in 1966. The term ‘NEO’ is used to refer to an object with an orbit that brings it in close proximity with the Earth. When such NEOs ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Asteroids • centaurs • Lunar Mission • NASA • Near-Earth object • surveyor 2
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
ISRO signs Memorandum of Understanding
The Indian Space Research Organization recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Aryabhata Research Institute of Observational Science (ARIES), Nainital. Highlights The ISRO and ARIES signed the MoU on the cooperation in the filed of Space Situational Awareness and Astrophysics. The space situation awareness includes Space object tracking, space orbit analysis and space weather ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Aries • Asteroids • ISRO • Meteorites • space • Space Debris • Space Situation Awareness
International Asteroid Day (IAD) observed on June 30
The International Asteroid Day (IAD) is observed every year on June 30 to raise public awareness about the asteroid impact hazard and to inform the public about the crisis communication actions to be taken at the global level in case of a credible near-Earth object threat. In December 2016, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) ..
Topics: Asteroid Day • Asteroids • Astronomy • Impact event • Near-Earth object • Planetary defense • Planetary science • Space Science • Tunguska event
2006 VW139/288P: Astronomers spot strange binary asteroid with comet-like features
International team of astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have spotted an unusual object called 2006 VW139/288P having two asteroids orbiting each other with comet-like features. These include bright halo of material, called a coma, and long tail of dust. The odd object is first known binary asteroid that is also classified as a main-belt ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2017
Topics: 2006 VW139/288P • Asteroids • Astronomy • Binary System • Hubble Space Telescope • NASA • space