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What is a goal of the planned mission MIRI?

A. to land on the moon
B. to explore the Kupier Belt
C. to explore the moon of Jupiter
D. to examine asteroids near Mars
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to explore the Kupier Belt

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User Jonatan Ivanov
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Goal of the planned mission MIRI is "to explore the Kupier Belt".

Step-by-step explanation:

MIRI, Mid-infrared Instrument, was designed to play an important role in NASA's "James Webb Space Telescope"(JWST).This is a joint project involving the Space Agency Europe and Canada. This telescope is designed to bring the images of stars and galaxies in infrared light. This grasps a wavelength of 5 to 28 microns. It also has a sensitive dectector allowing to see the red shifted light, stars that are newly formed and the comet that are blur.

Also, to explore the Kuiper belt that is located in the outer solar system that extends from the Neptune to sun. It is believed to be similar to asteroid belt but 20 times broad and 200 times massive than it.

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