[jun]NASA’S OSIRIS-REX

Question 1

full form

Answer 1

Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification ,Security-Regolith Explorer.

Question 2

what

Answer 2

third mission in NASA’s New Frontiers program

-ya mission madhe bennu navachya asteroid bhovati revolve kelay ya spacecraft ne

Question 3

what is it?Why was Bennu chosen?

Answer 3

• has a similar orbit to Earth
• it rotates slowly enough to ensure that the regolith(i.e. the spacecraft) stays on its surface.
• asteroid hasn’t significantly changed since the beginning of the Solar System -> it may contain organic molecules, which could have been precursors to life on Earth.
• it is Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA)-> so chance ahe ki to 22nd century madhe tyachamule problems tayar honyache chances ahet-> tyamule abhyas karun ghetlela bara.