{"id":124334,"date":"2021-10-20T10:16:28","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T10:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=124334"},"modified":"2021-10-20T10:16:30","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T10:16:30","slug":"nasas-lucy-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/nasas-lucy-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s Lucy Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: Trojan asteroids in our Solar system share the orbit of which of the following planet?<\/strong><br>a) Mars<br>b) Venus<br>c) Jupiter<br>d) Saturn<br><strong>Answer: (c)<br>Related Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>On 16 October 2021; NASA\u2019s Lucy mission was launched to study the Jupiter\u2019s Trojan asteroids.<\/li><li>It was the US space agency\u2019s first mission to Jupiter\u2019s Trojan asteroids, which was launched through a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket.<\/li><li>It should be known that Trojan asteroids simply known as Trojans, these are a large group of asteroids that share the Jupiter&#8217;s orbit around the Sun.<\/li><li>Atlas V rocket lifted with the mission Lucy from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.<\/li><li>Over the next 12 years, Lucy will fly by one main-belt asteroid and seven Trojan asteroids.<\/li><li>This journey will make it the agency\u2019s first single spacecraft mission in history to explore so many different asteroids.<\/li><li>Lucy will investigate these fossils of planetary formation up close during its journey.<\/li><li>According to NASA\u2019s Administrator Bill Nelson, Lucy embodies NASA\u2019s enduring quest to push out into the cosmos for the sake of exploration and science.<\/li><li>He said that the agency always strive to better understand the universe and our place within it through its ever ambitious missions.<\/li><li>About an hour after launch, Lucy separated from the second stage of the ULA Atlas V 401 rocket.<\/li><li>Its two massive solar arrays, each nearly 24 feet (7.3 meters) wide, successfully unfurled about 30 minutes later and began charging the spacecraft\u2019s batteries to power its subsystems.<\/li><li>Scientists say that the Lucy is rich with opportunity to learn more about these mysterious Trojan asteroids and better understand the formation and evolution of the early solar system.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:-<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-ula-launch-lucy-mission-to-fossils-of-planet-formation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-ula-launch-lucy-mission-to-fossils-of-planet-formation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Trojan asteroids in our Solar system share the orbit of which of the following planet?a) Marsb) Venusc) Jupiterd) SaturnAnswer: (c)Related Facts: On 16 October 2021; NASA\u2019s Lucy mission was launched to study the Jupiter\u2019s Trojan asteroids. 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