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2020 SO 

  • 2020 SO, the Near-Earth Object (NEO), was known as the Centaur High Level Rocket Booster, which enabled NASA to take its Surveyor Spacecraft to the Moon in 1966.

  • The word 'NEO' is used to refer to an object with an orbit that takes it close to Earth.

Key Points:

  • The object was believed to be an alien object because its velocity is smaller than that of the earth. Even, owing to the observance of the solar radiation pressure.

  • Solar Radiation Strain is found in all celestial bodies that are closer to the radiation of the sun. It's smaller in the satellites.

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