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Explore the Exoplanet Challenge

 

Topic:   How to Live on "Super-Earth"  

 

What is Super-Earth?

For nearly four years, NASA’s Kepler spacecraft whisked through space, surveying galaxy. It monitored more than 150,000 stars, looking for planets about the size of Earth that belonged to our Solar System. The mission didn’t disappoint. Kepler found countless examples of a type of planet known as Super-Earth.

Super-Earths are planets that are between 2 and 10 times the mass of our Planet Earth.

 

Astronomers have found few nearby "Super-Earth" exoplanets that may be capable of supporting life as we know it. 

·       Characterize properties of exo-planets and identify the best suitable planet that could harbor life.

·       How will you plan your trip successful to find a new land for mankind?

·       What challenges do you expect because of stronger or lesser gravity than Earth? What measures should be taken to resolve the issues?

·       How will you establish space colonies? What measures do you suggest for survival of human civilization in these colonies? 

·       How to provide an environment that can be conductive for human habitation?  How will food be generated for the colonies?

·       Any other challenges that might arise on the planet and solutions to such challenges may be prescribed. 

 

Rules of the Contest

1.    The contest is open for children up to 14 years old.

2.    The essays can only be written in English language.

3.    The manuscript must be the original work of a participant, in case of identifying any plagiarized (copy-paste) material, the entry will be disqualified.

4.    The manuscripts will be scored out of 10, whereas the breakup of the marking criteria is as follows:

a.    Support and development of the idea ( score-out of 3)

b.    Content- Originality (score- out of 4)

c.     Strong organization (score- out of 3)

5.    The grammatical structures, vocabulary and spellings will be taken into account, in addition to the idea expressed in the manuscript.

6.    Participants are required to use only plain text (without picture or attachment) to elaborate their ideas.

7.    Participants must NOT include their name or any kind of identification in their essay to allow anonymity for the purpose of a fair judging process. The judges will only receive the essays without your name and contact.

8.    The appropriate word count of each entry should be under 600 to700 words, whereas the essays that are longer than 700 words will be disqualified.

9.    All participants will be awarded a certificate of participation by the Commission. Names of the winners will be published on SEAD website and facebook page. Separate intimation will also be sent to the participants.

Format Requirement

1.    Typed on a A4 size electronic page

2.    Font size shall be 12 points

3.    1.5 interlinear space

4.    Margins of 2.54cm on top, bottom and both sides

Essay Submission & Submission Deadline: Essays may be submitted online along with completely filled contest entry form to manager.sead@gmail.com by 14 Dec 2020.

 

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