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    Question

    Consider the following statements about Lucy

    Mission: 1.  It is the mission of JAXA 2.  It will explore Jupiter’s elusive Trojan asteroids. 3.  Recently Lucy spacecraft completed its first flyby of an asteroid named Dinkinesh Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
    A 2 only Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 3 only Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 1 and 2 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 2 and 3 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    NASA's Lucy spacecraft successfully completed its first flyby of an asteroid named Dinkinesh It is a first-of-its-kind mission of NASA that will explore Jupiter’s elusive Trojan asteroids. Over its 12-year mission, Lucy will explore a record-breaking number of asteroids: it will fly by two in the belt of asteroids that circle the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, and then 10 Trojans, which includes five asteroid targets and the satellites of three of those

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