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  • What is the name of the third transiting planet in the Kepler-47 Circumbinary System discovered by astronomers from San Diego State University?


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  • A. Kepler-47d
  • B. Kepler-47c
  • C. Kepler-47b
  • D. Kepler-47a

  • Correct Answer
  • Kepler-47d 

    Explanation
    A group of researchers, led by astronomers at San Diego State University, by using data from NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, detected the new Neptune-to-Saturn size planet orbiting between two previously known planets Kepler-47b and Kepler-47c. This new planet named as Kepler-47d. The research was recently published in the Astronomical Journal.According to a new study, Kepler-47d is about seven times larger than Earth and also the largest of the three planets in the Kepler-47 circumbinary system. The Kepler-47 system is approximately 3.5 billion-years-old and it is 3,340 light years away in the direction of the constellation Cygnus.

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    • 1. Karnataka's swimmer Srihari Nataraj has emerged as the most prolific gold medal winner at the Khelo India Youth Games. How many gold medals he won?

    • Options
    • A. 10
    • B. 9
    • C. 8
    • D. 7
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    • 2. Name the telescope, that discovered two planets K2-293b, K2-294b using Artificial Intelligence.

    • Options
    • A. Ultra Violet Imaging Telescope
    • B. Hubble Space Telescope
    • C. Kepler Space Telescope
    • D. James Webb Space Telescope
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    • 3. New planet that NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) found is;

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    • A. HD 21749a
    • B. HD 21749b
    • C. HA 21749b
    • D. HB 21749b
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    • 4. Which of the following Israeli lunar Mission crashed on the Moon?

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    • A. LADEE
    • B. Beresheet
    • C. Juno-1A
    • D. Ofek-11
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    • 5. ISRO opens its 1st visitors gallery to watch rocket launches at Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota. It's capacity is;

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    • A. 4,500
    • B. 5,000
    • C. 3,000
    • D. 2,500
    • Discuss
    • 6. Who will launch SPHEREx Mission to investigate Universe?

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    • A. NASA
    • B. ISRO
    • C. SpaceX
    • D. JAXA
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    • 7. Name the new dwarf spheroidal galaxy discovered by astronomers from Italy, the UK, Germany and the United States, using Hubble Space Telescope, on 31st January 2019?

    • Options
    • A. Jincig 1
    • B. Bedin 1
    • C. Nostro 1
    • D. Ginnie 1
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    • 8. India becomes the 4th country to test Anti-satellite missile system named __________.

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    • A. Mission Rohini
    • B. Mission Bhaskara
    • C. Mission Shakti
    • D. Mission OceanSat
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    • 9. ISRO Launches PSLV C-45 Carrying EMISAT with how many Nano satellite?

    • Options
    • A. 28
    • B. 12
    • C. 25
    • D. 32
    • Discuss
    • 10. How many satellites where launched by China from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre?

    • Options
    • A. 2
    • B. 3
    • C. 4
    • D. 5
    • Discuss


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