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  • Question
  • Name the new exotic planet discovered by researchers outside our solar system in the constellation Cassiopeia.


  • Options
  • A. FX126888 r
  • B. SD687999 s
  • C. GY789700 d
  • D. HD219134 b

  • Correct Answer
  • HD219134 b 

    Explanation
    21 light years away on december 22, 2018 in the constellation Cassiopeia, a shimmering "super-Earth", five times the mass of Earth, dubbed as HD219134 b was discovered. Unlike the Earth, however, it most likely does not have a massive core of iron, but is rich in calcium and aluminium alongside magnesium and silicon. It shimmers red to blue like rubies and sapphires, because these gemstones are aluminium oxides which are common on the exoplanet. According to the researchers it is one of three candidates likely to belong to a new exotic class of exoplanets. The other two exoplanets studied were 55 Cancri e and WASP-47 e. The study was published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters.

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    • 1. NASA's First Planetary Defense Technology to Collide with Asteroid in __________.

    • Options
    • A. 2020
    • B. 2021
    • C. 2022
    • D. 2025
    • Discuss
    • 2. Name the Indian aircraft, which has participated in India-US Anti Submarine Warfare drill that held in Indian Ocean recently.

    • Options
    • A. Sukhoi Su-30
    • B. MiG-21
    • C. P8I Neptune
    • D. HAL Kiran
    • Discuss
    • 3. ISRO launched an initiative for students to engage them on space science activities. It was named as;

    • Options
    • A. Space
    • B. Sansad
    • C. Samwad
    • D. Sangrah
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which rocket launched the Cygnus Cargo Ship to International Space Station from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia?

    • Options
    • A. Thor-Delta
    • B. Rehbar-I
    • C. Antares Rocket
    • D. Scout
    • Discuss
    • 5. India's 1st Manned Mission Gaganyaan will be launched by __________.

    • Options
    • A. March 2020
    • B. December 2021
    • C. May 2022
    • D. August 2024
    • Discuss
    • 6. Name the telescope, which is used by astronomers to capture the first image of Black Hole?

    • Options
    • A. Event Horizon Telescope
    • B. Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
    • C. Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope
    • D. Lunar-based ultraviolet telescope
    • Discuss
    • 7. ISRO will launch Microsat-R a military imaging satellite into space on 24th January 2019. The total weight of the staellite is;

    • Options
    • A. 122 kg
    • B. 130 kg
    • C. 102 kg
    • D. 94 kg
    • Discuss
    • 8. ISRO opens its 1st visitors gallery to watch rocket launches at Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota. It's capacity is;

    • Options
    • A. 4,500
    • B. 5,000
    • C. 3,000
    • D. 2,500
    • Discuss
    • 9. Which of the following Israeli lunar Mission crashed on the Moon?

    • Options
    • A. LADEE
    • B. Beresheet
    • C. Juno-1A
    • D. Ofek-11
    • Discuss
    • 10. New planet that NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) found is;

    • Options
    • A. HD 21749a
    • B. HD 21749b
    • C. HA 21749b
    • D. HB 21749b
    • Discuss


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