QuestionConsider the following with respect to Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite(TESS):
(1) It was launched in 2018.It is a NASA mission led and operated by MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
(2) It’s aim is to discover thousands of exoplanets around nearby bright stars.
Which is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) None of these
Answer : (c)
Context:
- Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite(TESS) has finished its primary mission imaging about 75% of the starry sky as part of a two-year-long survey.The mission has found 66 new exoplanets as well as nearly 2,100 candidates astronomers are working to confirm.
- Facts:
- TESS: It was launched in 2018.It is a NASA mission led and operated by MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- Aim: To discover thousands of exoplanets around nearby bright stars.
- Additional Facts:
- Exoplanet:
- It is a planet outside the Solar System.The first confirmation of detection of exoplanet occurred in 1992.
- Kepler Space Telescope:
- It was an observatory in space launched by NASA to discover Earth-size planets orbiting other stars.It was launched in 2009 and decommissioned in 2018.
By: Arpit Mishra
Links:
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard2020/nasa-s-planet-hunter-completes-its-primary-mission