{"id":99542,"date":"2020-08-14T09:09:23","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T09:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=99542"},"modified":"2020-08-14T09:09:25","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T09:09:25","slug":"transiting-exoplanet-survey-satellite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/transiting-exoplanet-survey-satellite\/","title":{"rendered":"Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QuestionConsider the following with respect to Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite(TESS):<\/strong><br>(1) It was launched in 2018.It is a NASA mission led and operated by MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts.<br>(2) It\u2019s aim is to discover thousands of exoplanets around nearby bright stars.<br><strong>Which is\/are correct?<\/strong><br>(a) 1 only<br>(b) 2 only<br>(c) Both 1 and 2<br>(d) None of these<br><strong>Answer : (c)<br>Context:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>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.<\/li><li><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>TESS:\u00a0<\/strong>It was launched in 2018.It is a NASA mission led and operated by MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts.<\/li><li><strong>Aim:\u00a0<\/strong>To discover thousands of exoplanets around nearby bright stars.<\/li><li><strong>Additional Facts:<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Exoplanet:\u00a0<\/strong><\/li><li>It is a planet outside the Solar System.The first confirmation of detection of exoplanet occurred in 1992.<\/li><li><strong>Kepler Space Telescope<\/strong>:<\/li><li>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.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By: Arpit Mishra<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/goddard2020\/nasa-s-planet-hunter-completes-its-primary-mission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/goddard2020\/nasa-s-planet-hunter-completes-its-primary-mission<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tribuneindia.com\/news\/schools\/nasa-satellite-finds-66-new-exoplanets-2-100-more-candidates-125566\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.tribuneindia.com\/news\/schools\/nasa-satellite-finds-66-new-exoplanets-2-100-more-candidates-125566<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019s 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 theseAnswer : (c)Context: Transiting 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