Akatsuki : Japanese space probe to study atmosphere of Venus

Q.  Akatsuki is a Japanese (JAXA) space probe tasked to study the atmosphere of -
- Published on 14 Dec 15

a. Jupiter
b. Mars
c. Saturn
d. Venus

ANSWER: Venus
 
- Akatsuki is a Japanese (JAXA) space probe tasked to study the atmosphere of Venus.
- It was launched in 2010.
- It was placed into an alternative elliptical Venusian orbit on 7 December 2015.
- Akatsuki will study the stratification of the atmosphere, atmospheric dynamics, and cloud physics using five different cameras.

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