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NASA's planet hunter spacecraft Kepler discovers 'Super-Earth'
National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA’s) planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft has discovered a exoplanet i.e. ‘super-Earth’ located 180 light-years from Earth as part of its new Kepler 2 (K2) mission. The discovered ‘super-Earth’ is dubbed as HIP 116454b. Key facts of discovery The discovery was confirmed after the measurements were taken by the HARPS-North spectrograph of ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2014
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Current Affairs - 2017 • HIP 116454b- Constellation Pisces • HIP 116454b- Super Earth Planet • Kepler 2 (K2) mission • Ministry of Science and Technology • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)