All about Mars The Hindu Science Quiz
This file NASA illustration, obtained July 20, 2020 shows NASA's Mars 2020 rover as it uses its drill to core a rock sample on Mars.
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Jezero Crater in Mars, the landing site of the NASA’s Perseverance rover, is named after...
- The hometown of Joe Biden
- An Antarctic site
- An Arctic site
- A Bosnian village
The word "Jezero" in several slavic languages means "lake".
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Who gives names to Martian landscapes?
- International Astronomical Union
- NASA
- Hellenic Space Agency
- Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
The International Astronomical Union gave the name Jezero Crater in 2007 to a 45-km-wide crater on the western edge of Isidis Planitia, a giant impact basin just north of the Martian equator.
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A Martian day is called a sol, and a Martian year lasts 669.6 sols. How many Earth days does a Martian year have?
- 194 Earth days
- 199 Earth days
- 687 Earth days
- 400 Earth days
On Mars, a year lasts 669.6 sols, or 687 Earth days, and an individual season can last up to 194 sols, or just over 199 Earth days.
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What connection does Alexander Mather have with the Mars rover Perseverance?
- Alexander Mather is the seventh grader who gave Perseverance its name
- Alexander Mather is NASA's mission director for the Perseverance programme
- Alexander Mather is the mayor of Jezero
- Alexander Mather is the head of the International Astronomical Union
Alexander Mather submitted the winning entry to the agency’s "Name the Rover" essay contest.
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“Touchdown confirmed.” Who said this during the historic landing of Perseverance on the Martian surface?
- Erissa Stilley, Entry, Descent, and Landing Systems Engineer
- Swati Mohan, Guidance and Control Operations Lead
- Chloe Sackier, Entry, Descent, and Landing Systems Engineer
- Moogega Cooper, Planetary Protection Lead
Swati Mohan emigrated from India to the U.S. when she was just one.
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