Which of the following is India’s first fully robotic telescope in Ladakh that captured images of a massive asteroid during its close pass by Earth in July 2024?
GROWTH-India
Correct Answer: GROWTH-India
GROWTH-India (Global Relay of Observatories Watching Transients Happen) telescope:
- India's first fully robotic telescope — operates without direct human intervention.
- Located at Indian Astronomical Observatory (IAO), Hanle, Ladakh (4500 m altitude).
- Aperture: 0.7 m. Operated by IIT Bombay.
- Captured images of the 2019 solar eclipse.
- Used for studying transient astronomical events: supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, gravitational wave counterparts.
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