Important Facts for Prelims (19th December 2018) | 19 Dec 2018

Farout

• Scientists have recently discovered the most distant object ever observed in our Solar System.
• The object is located at 120 astronomical units (AU) from the Sun (1 AU = distance between the Earth and the Sun).
• This object is nicknamed as “Farout” and provisionally titled 2018 VG18.
• Farout is also the first known Solar System object that has been detected at a distance that is more than 100 times farther than Earth is from the Sun.
• Farout was discovered as part of a search for extremely distant Solar System objects, including the suspected Planet X, which is sometimes also called Planet 9.

Bogibeel Road-Rail Bridge

• Bogibeel is India’s longest road-rail bridge connecting Dibrugarh in Assam to Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh.
• The bridge is 4.94 km long and 32 meters above the water level of the Brahmaputra.
• It has been fashioned on a bridge that links Sweden and Denmark.
• The bridge will be a major boost to improve logistical issues for the armed forces along the border in Arunachal Pradesh as India shares a nearly 4,000 km border with China.