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Sensing Lunar Satellite Is All Alive EKL Desk
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very Indian will have a moment to reminisce when he hears the term ‘Moon’. Moon is something, we always admired and included in our paintings, poems, tales, etc. Moon has been serving as one of the popular metaphors all over the world to signify beauty and purity, for ages now. But, the real facts about Moon are remaining to be a mystery till date. Probably between December 1609 and January 1610,Galileo Galilei
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discovered some objects in the space and recognized it as the satellites of Jupiter in March 1610. The Galilean Moons are four large moons namely Lo, Europa, Ganymede and Calisto. These are the known largest moons in our solar system. Later, after seeking many strenuous developments, finally Soviet Union decided to send their first spacecraft, Luna 2 in the year 1959 to know more about our Moon. Soon, in the year 1969, America sent Commander Executive Knowledge Lines
