What is Utopia Planitia?

Question of The Day26-05-2021

What is Utopia Planitia that was in the news recently?

Answer

Correct Answer : a ) A basin on Mars where Chinese rover landed.

Explanation :

Utopia Planitia is a large plain on Mars with a diameter of around 3300 km. Recently, Chinese rover ‘Zhurong’ successfully landed on this place. China has become the second country in the world to land a rover on the Martian surface after USA.

Utopia Planitia was earlier selected as the landing site of the U.S. Viking 2 planetary probe.

Hence, option (A) is correct.

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