New Delhi, March 07, 2022: A team of scientists, including Indian and International collaborators, have derived the accurate value of Pluto’s atmospheric pressure at its surface. It is more than 80,000 times less than the atmospheric pressure at mean sea level on Earth. The pressure was calculated from data obtained by observation of stellar occultation […]
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The crater on Pluto’s largest moon Charon is named after this Hindu icon!
The crater on Charon, Pluto’s largest and far-flung moon, has been named after Revati, which finds mention in ancient Hindu texts. In Hinduism, Revati is wife of Balabhadrarama, elder brother of Lord Krishna; and is also one of the 27 stars mentioned in Mahabharata. In a press statement on April 11, 2018, the IAU had said […]