2022 · Q119
To study which one of the following was a spacecraft launched that would be farthest from the Sun and would run exclusively on solar power?
General KnowledgeCurrent Affairs
- AJupiter's Trojan asteroids
- BSaturn's rings and moons
- CMars' atmosphere
- DKuiper Belt and Oort Cloud
Explanation
NASA’s Lucy mission (launched October 2021) will travel to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids — the farthest exclusively solar-powered mission from the Sun. (Missions to Saturn and the Kuiper Belt, like Cassini and New Horizons, rely on nuclear RTGs, not solar power.)