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Badrinath (Uttarakhand) [India], November 8 (ANI): In view of the <keyword id="12567561" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="total-lunar-eclipse" source="Orion">total lunar eclipse</keyword> (Chandra Grahan), the doors of <keyword id="642949" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="badrinath-temple" source="Orion">Badrinath Temple</keyword> were closed earlier today and would remain so till late evening. "Badrinath Dham Temple closed for the lunar eclipse. The temple will re-open at 6:25 pm after the eclipse", Ajendra Ajay, Chairman of the Shri Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee told ANI. Due to the Lunar Eclipse, temples across India have been closed since morning and would remain closed till 6:30 pm in the evening. Temples have announced that after performing the <keyword id="6290100" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="sandhya-aarti" source="Orion">Sandhya Aarti</keyword> and other rituals for purification, the temples would be opened to the public. A Lunar eclipse happens when the Sun, Earth, and a Full Moon form a near-perfect Syzygy in space. The Moon slides into the Earth's shadow and gradually darkens until the entire lunar disc turns into an eerie red or dim orange from its usual silvery grey shade. The event unfolds in reverse order further, until the moon returns to its full brilliance. The <keyword id="15461656" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="november-8th-lunar-eclipse" source="Orion">November 8th lunar eclipse</keyword> is the last lunar eclipse of the year and the second total lunar eclipse in the year 2022, the earlier was on May 15-16th. Today's eclipse would be visible across India along with parts of Asia, North America, Australia, and a few places in Europe as well as in the entire North America. The next Lunar eclipse is predicted to be on the 5th of May, 2023. Every year, from anywhere between four to seven times, the Sun, Moon, and Earth line up in a Syzygy, forming what is called either the Solar or Lunar Eclipse. (ANI)

Badrinath Temple closed for years' last total lunar eclipse

On the evening of November 8, as the <keyword id="6359982" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="earth" source="Orion">Earth</keyword>'s shadow envelopes its sole satellite for nearly one-and-half hours, the world will witness a thrilling and chilling spectacle of a '<keyword id="2198098" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="blood-moon" source="Orion">Blood Moon</keyword>' <keyword id="90051" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="lunar-eclipse" source="Orion">lunar eclipse</keyword>, a prominent astronomer said here on Monday. Coming exactly 14 days (two Tuesdays) after the October 25 partial solar eclipse -- the lunar eclipse will be seen in totality in the northeastern states, but shall be only partially visible in the rest of <keyword id="3658" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="india" source="Orion">India</keyword> in the evening as the <keyword id="24879" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="sun" source="Orion">sun</keyword> sets, said Prof. Bharat Adur, Director, Akash Ganga Centre for Astronomy (AGCA) here. "Tomorrow, the Earth's looming shadow will cover the <keyword id="42440" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="moon" source="Orion">Moon</keyword> and during this period it will appear a dark reddish colour, almost like a large drop of blood balanced in the sky... This phenomenon is called a 'Blood Moon' and it's an exciting spectacle," said Prof. Adur. He urged the people to view it wherever possible, as this will be the last total lunar eclipse, and the next one (total lunar eclipse) due only after three years on September 7, 2025. The Earth will come between the Sun and Moon and the blue planet's monstrous shadow -- from a staggering distance of 3.93 lakh kms -- will shroud its small natural satellite, partially or fully, depending on the angle of alignment from where it is viewed, Prof. Adur explained. The Sun is around 109 times bigger than Earth and over 148-million kms away, while the Earth is nearly four times larger than the Moon, with an average distance of 3,85 lakh kms separating them. "In a total lunar eclipse, the Moon is entirely blanketed by the Earth's darkest shadow, called the 'umbra', and at this time, the Moon appears a dark-reddish colour, or what is called the 'Blood Moon' phenomenon," Prof. Adur said. In scientific terms, it's called the 'Rayleigh Scattering' as during a lunar eclipse the only sunlight that reaches the Moon passes through the Earth's atmosphere, thus turning the Moon an apparent reddish colour. This is the second celestial event since the last partial Solar Eclipse (October 25), and can be witnessed by people in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, parts of Asia, Russia, North and South Americas, Australia, North Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean regions. Despite the scary myths or deep religious aspects associated with any eclipse (solar/lunar), Prof. Adur assured that there is absolutely no harm in viewing the unusual 'Blood Moon' on Tuesday with naked eyes or with binoculars which will enhance the reddish colour. The northeastern parts of India like Kohima, Agartala, Guwahati and other regions in the world will witness it in totality on Tuesday, the final eclipse of 2022. As the Moon will be below the horizon during the eclipse hours, most other parts of India will miss the exciting starting phases of both the partial and total eclipse, he said. Kolkata, New Delhi, Chennai along with Mumbai, can witness only the partial phase, and in the country's commercial capital barely 14 per cent of the Moon's obscuration can be viewed at 18.03 hours in the setting sun. However, the Moon will be seen 60 per cent covered in Nagpur, 66 per cent in Srinagar and in varying degrees in other cities, said Prof. Adur. In case people miss the 'Blood Moon' on Tuesday, they can wait for October 28, 2023, when there will be another partial lunar eclipse that will be visible in some parts of the country, Prof. Adur smiled. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/meta-expected-to-announce-massive-layoffs-this-week-that-could-impact-thousand-as-tech-bloodbath-continues-wsj/articleshow/95343558.cms">Meta expected to announce massive layoffs this week that could impact thousand as tech bloodbath continues: WSJ</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/twitter-backtracks-elon-musks-platform-will-delay-its-paid-blue-check-verification-plan-until-after-midterms-nyt/articleshow/95343175.cms">Twitter backtracks: Elon Musk's platform will delay its paid blue check verification plan until after midterms: NYT</a>

World to witness 'Blood Moon' spectacle in the sky on November 8

<ul class="summary-list"><li>This year's harvest moon rises Friday, September 29. It's also the last supermoon of 2023.</li><li>Harvest moons occur in either September or October, depending on the date of the fall equinox.</li></ul>There are typically 12 full moons each year, including <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/blue-supermoon-august-full-moon-rare-lunar-event-2037-2023-8">three or four supermoons</a>. But while common, full moons have a long history of significance for many people and cultures. "Astronomical events such as this mark the passage of time and provide a steady rhythm to our lives," Patrick Hartigan, a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University, told Insider via email."These cycles are independent of human activities and remind us that we are part of this world but that we do not control everything," he said.The next full moon will be a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/september-harvest-moon-last-supermoon-when-best-time-to-see-2023-9">harvest moon</a>, rising on September 29.<h2>September: harvest moon, "corn moon," "barley moon"</h2><div type="image" title="An Amish child and woman stand on horse-drawn wagon while harvesting corn in Maryland" height="1959" width="2613" msid="103970899" hostid="261"></div>Over the millennia, September's full moon has signified to farmers that it's time to finish harvesting corn and other crops.A harvest moon sometimes occurs in October (the moon doesn't follow the Gregorian calendar), but it's always the full moon closest to the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-fall-equinox-works-animation-2021-9">autumnal equinox</a>.Every few years, the harvest moon falls in October instead of September.The harvest moon rises with the setting sun. There's an optical illusion that the moon — any moon — looks larger than usual when it's near the horizon.So folks who see the full moon rise from the horizon around sunset may think it looks larger than normal. These bright moonlit nights give farmers a little extra time to harvest their crops.This year's harvest moon will reach its peak at 5:58 a.m. ET on September 29, according to <a href="https://www.almanac.com/content/full-moon-names" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Old Farmer's Almanac</a>. The next harvest moon: September 29, 2023<h2>Here are some of the many names assigned to full moons throughout the year.</h2><div type="image" title="person takes phone photo of another person holding a child in front of yellow full moon" height="1500" width="2000" msid="103970900" hostid="261"></div>Across North America and Europe, people have used full moons to track months and seasons for thousands of years, naming each one based on the seasonal changes it indicates.Different languages and cultures characterized their moons differently, sometimes based on agricultural cycles, sometimes on natural phenomena.The names assigned to full moons are often attributed to the native Algonquian peoples, who share a family of languages and originate from the area that today ranges from New England as far west as Lake Superior.Colonial settlers across North America adopted their own version of the indigenous names, according to The Old Farmer's Almanac.<h2>October: "hunter's moon," "blood moon," "dying grass moon," "travel moon"</h2><div type="image" title="hunting shooting guns dogs pheasants" height="1995" width="2661" msid="103970901" hostid="261"></div>These names refer to the time of year when leaves have fallen, the deer are fat, and animals are coming into harvested fields to eat what's left. Historically, hunters took advantage of October <a href="https://www.farmersalmanac.com/full-moon-dates-and-times" target="_blank" rel="noopener">to store meat for the winter</a>.Some associate <a href="https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/2293/october-2022-the-next-full-moon-is-the-hunters-moon-the-travel-dying-grass-sanguine-or-blood-moon/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">this month's</a> blood moon or "sanguine moon" with hunting, and it's different from a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/super-blood-moon-total-lunar-eclipse-how-to-watch-2021-5">blood moon caused by a lunar eclipse</a>. In the latter case, the moon appears to have a reddish hue.The next hunter's moon: October 28, 2023<h2>November: "beaver moon," "frosty moon"</h2><div type="image" title="A beaver floats in water holding a branch" height="1569" width="2093" msid="103970902" hostid="261"></div>Beavers prepare for winter in November, as do trappers. This moon signaled the time to catch beavers and secure a supply of warm furs before the swamps froze.The next beaver moon: November 27, 2023<h2>December: "cold moon," "long night's moon"</h2><div type="image" title="full moon snow moon december" height="798" width="1064" msid="103970903" hostid="261"></div>December has the longest, darkest nights of the year, and the moon sits above the horizon longer than usual. Some Europeans and their descendants in North America also called the December full moon the "moon before Yule."The next cold moon: December 26, 2023<h2>January: "wolf moon," "old moon," "ice moon"</h2><div type="image" title="wolves" height="1978" width="2638" msid="103970904" hostid="261"></div>In mid-winter, as the story goes, hungry wolves would gather outside villages in North America and medieval Europe and howl into the night. This full moon was sometimes also called the "moon after Yule."The next one: January 25, 2024<h2>February: "snow moon," "hunger moon"</h2><div type="image" title="A full moon rises above the Hudson River in a darkened sky" height="2283" width="3044" msid="103970905" hostid="261"></div>In North America, February marks the depths of winter, when snow blankets the ground and fresh food was traditionally harder to come by. Because it's a shorter month, some <a href="http://www.universetoday.com/20056/full-moon/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">February's don't have a full moon</a> at all.The next snow moon: February 24, 2024<h2>March: "worm moon," "sap moon," "crow moon"</h2><div type="image" title="Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker holds a large silver bucket while tapping a maple tree in massachusetts" height="2331" width="3108" msid="103970906" hostid="261"></div>As spring approaches, earthworms emerge from the ground, maple trees are ripe for tapping, and migratory birds return as winter ends.According to the <a href="https://www.almanac.com/content/full-moon-march" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Almanac</a>, that's led Ojibwe people to call this the "sugar moon," Algonquin or Cree to call it the "eagle moon" or "goose moon," and northern Ojibwe to call it the "crow comes back moon."European settlers with religious calendars called this the "Lenten moon."According to <a href="https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/2327/march-2023-the-next-full-moon-is-the-crow-crust-sap-sugar-or-worm-moon/?linkId=204252800" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NASA</a>, "other names are the 'chaste moon' or the 'death moon,' related to the fasting of Lent and traditions from when the start of spring was the end of the old year and start of the new."The next worm moon: March 25, 2024<h2>April: "pink moon," "sprouting grass moon," "egg moon," "fish moon"</h2><div type="image" title="wild flowers on a hill near a road along the California coastline in Big Sur at sunset" height="3384" width="4513" msid="103970907" hostid="261"></div>The pink moon is named for the pink phlox flowers that bloom in spring. The other names refer to additional staples of the changing season: growing grass, birds filling nests with eggs, and fish that swim upstream to spawn.The next pink moon: April 23, 2024<h2>May: "flower moon," "planting moon"</h2><div type="image" title="A field of pink, white, yellow, and red flowers with a person standing amongst them from a distance" height="2309" width="3078" msid="103970908" hostid="261"></div>In May, flowers burst fully into bloom, and it becomes time to sow crops again. Flower moon is an Algonquin name, according to the <a href="https://www.almanac.com/full-moon-may" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Almanac</a>. In the Middle Ages, an English name for the May full moon was the "milk moon," according to <a href="https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/2361/the-next-full-moon-is-the-flower-corn-or-corn-planting-moon/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NASA</a>.The next flower moon: May 23, 2024<h2>June: "strawberry moon," "rose moon," "hot moon"</h2><div type="image" title="A woman and two children picking strawberries in vermont" height="3000" width="4000" msid="103970910" hostid="261"></div>Strawberries ripen for picking in June. Europeans dubbed this the rose moon, and other cultures called it the hot moon because it harkens summer heat ahead."Mead" or "honey moon" are other European names <a href="https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/2364/the-next-full-moon-is-the-strawberry-moon-mead-or-honey-moon-and-a-full-moon-weekend/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">for this</a> full moon. The term "<a href="https://www.insider.com/honeymoon-word-meaning-etymology-2017-3">honeymoon</a>" dates back at least to the 1500s and originally meant a sweet period of time lasting around a month.The next strawberry moon: June 21, 2024<h2>July: "buck moon," "thunder moon," "hay moon"</h2><div type="image" title="Two deer lock antlers with a great deal of mud caught between them" height="2609" width="3480" msid="103970911" hostid="261"></div>Deer grow new, velvety antlers in July, and thunderstorms rage aplenty in some parts of North America. For Anglo-Saxons, July was all about hay. Sockeye fish <a href="https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=sockeyesalmon.printerfriendly" target="_blank" rel="noopener">return to spawn</a> in Alaska in June and July, so it makes sense the Tlingit people <a href="https://www.farmersalmanac.com/julys-full-buck-moon-17525" target="_blank" rel="noopener">would call</a> this month's moon the "salmon moon."The buck moon: July 21, 2024<h2>August: "sturgeon moon," "red moon"</h2><div type="image" title="A man wearing a hat holds a large sturgeon fish near a body of water" height="3741" width="4988" msid="103970912" hostid="261"></div>Tribes near the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain knew August was the best time to catch sturgeon, an enormous, hearty fish. Some people also think the moon appears more reddish in color this month because of the heat.The next sturgeon moon: August 19, 2024<h2>Some full moons are called supermoons or micromoons. The contemporary terms refer to how large and small the moon looks at various points in its elliptical orbit.</h2><div type="image" title="A supermoon above a cityscape" height="2287" width="3049" msid="103970913" hostid="261"></div>Supermoons occur when the moon is at perigee — the closest point to Earth. They can cause stronger ocean tides and weather events.Micromoons are the opposite, occurring at apogee — when the moon is furthest from Earth. They can reduce the variation in spring tides by <a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/micro-moon.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2 inches</a>. Micromoons appear about 14% smaller than supermoons, and sometimes seem dimmer, since the area illuminated by the sun appears 30% smaller, according to <a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/micro-moon.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TimeandDate.com</a>.Since the International Astronomical Union has not officially defined supermoons or micromoons, astronomers disagree on which full moons get the designation.The next full supermoon: August 19, 2024The next full micromoon: February 24, 2024<h2>Blue moons are like special bonuses. They occur every two or three years, when a month or season has one extra full moon.</h2><div type="image" title="A full moon rises over the Wyoming wilderness at Yellowstone National Park, making the sky look purple" height="1500" width="2000" msid="103970914" hostid="261"></div>When an astronomical season (the time between solstice and equinox) has four full moons instead of the normal three, the third one is a <a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/blue-moon.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">seasonal blue moon</a>.When a calendar month has two full moons, the second one is a monthly blue moon. That happens because the lunar month is only 29 days long, while the Gregorian calendar month is usually 30 or 31 days long.The moon doesn't actually appear blue on these occasions. That would only happen if dust or smoke particles of a particular size cloud the atmosphere, say after a forest fire, volcanic eruption, or dust storm.The next seasonal blue moon: August 19, 2024The next monthly blue moon: August 19, 2024

The full moon has different names for each month. Here's the meaning and origin for the whole lunar calendar.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The last supermoon of the year will occur on Friday, September 29.</li><li>A supermoon can appear up to 14% larger and 30% brighter than other times.</li></ul>Get ready, Friday — September 29 — will be the last supermoon of 2023. It's also this year's <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-explain-harvest-moon-2016-9">harvest moon</a>, which is the full moon that occurs closest to the first day of autumn.A <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-a-supermoon-2017-11">supermoon</a> is a type of full moon that can appear up to 14% bigger and 30% brighter than the faintest moon of the year. That's because it's at its closest point to Earth, named the perigee, according to NASA.While Friday's supermoon won't be the biggest of the year — that prize went to August's <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/blue-supermoon-august-full-moon-rare-lunar-event-2037-2023-8">blue supermoon</a> — it will still be larger than average and worth seeing."The difference between this full moon and the supermoon in August is only 4,370 km (2,715 miles), so it will be very close to that 14%/30% value for the largest full moon of the year," said Noah Petro, a project scientist for NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, in an email to Insider.<h2>Do harvest moons look bigger?</h2>"Harvest moons occur around this time of year and are so-named because for several days a nearly full moon rises around sunset," Patrick Hartigan, a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University, told Insider.Farmers harvesting crops in the northern hemisphere would have more light to work by after sunset.Normally, each day's moonrise will be 50 minutes later than the night before. But around the harvest moon, the delay drops by several minutes, depending on your location: to 24 minutes in Chicago and 17 in Seattle, Hartigan said."The impression is that the full moon is hanging around the horizon right after sunset for several days in a row," he said."There is also an optical illusion that the moon appears larger when it is near the horizon," Hartigan said. "Combined with the small supermoon effect this will all lead to a lovely harvest moon season in 2023."<h2>Why does a harvest moon look red or orange?</h2>While this supermoon won't be quite as close or bright as August's, it may appear <a href="https://www.space.com/12926-harvest-moon-big-red.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deep yellow, orange, or red</a>, especially when it first rises from the horizon.The moon only appears to change color when it is rising or setting over the horizon or during a lunar eclipse, Petro said. It's the same reason we have red sunrises and sunsets. "The Earth's atmosphere scatters light except for the red/orange colors," he said. Atmospheric conditions such as clouds, smoke, or dust can change the color the moon takes on and how bright it appears.<h2>The best time to see the harvest supermoon is at moonrise</h2><div type="image" title="An orange moon partly covered by dark clouds." height="1648" width="2200" msid="103819853" hostid="261"></div>Moonrise is the best time to experience the sheer size of a supermoon.When the moon is near the horizon, such as during moonrise, foreground objects like trees and rocks can provide a sense of scale.As a result, the moon looks the largest around this time than any other, according to NASA. And a supermoon can look especially impressive.So, the best time to see this year's harvest supermoon is right around moonrise, which is at about 7 p.m. local time. You can check exactly when moonrise is for your location on September 29 on <a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/moon/usa/california-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TimeandDate</a>.

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The tech giant's in-office requirements will return to "the way we were before the onset of COVID," according to a memo from CEO Andy Jassy.We also got our hands on the 22-question document outlining <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-rto-faq-document-spells-out-new-rule-2024-9">frequently asked questions about the new mandate </a>— along with a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-fewer-managers-leaked-document-2024-9">leaked FAQ</a> outlining the company's plans to meet its new goal to have fewer managersSome Amazon employees <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-workers-blast-strict-rto-mandate-five-days-week-2024-9">quickly criticized the RTO plan</a> in internal Slack messages viewed by Business Insider. One employee wrote on Slack, "This is not 'going back' to how it was before. It's just going backwards."Amazon has fought to get its workers back in the office for almost two years. In February 2023, it announced plans to require most office workers to show up in-person three days a week.The initial mandate didn't go over well with employees, but Amazon stuck to its guns. It threatened termination against non-compliant workers and cracked down on "coffee badging" employees who stopped briefly in the office just to satisfy the mandate.<div type="image" title="A punchcard with the Amazon frown marked" height="1500" width="2000" msid="113431322" hostid="261" sizebytes="367858"></div>Amazon's announcement could be the nail in hybrid work's coffin.Fully remote jobs are rare, but plenty of employers still offer some in-office flexibility. (Wall Street is one exception, as firms have mostly called their employees back to the office full-time.)But Amazon's decision will embolden any employer looking to get their people back to their desks for good. It's a lot easier to make the case for in-office work when one of the biggest companies in the world subscribes to it.And in the hyper competitive world of Big Tech, other tech giants might follow suit rather than risk getting bad-mouthed by rivals to their clients. How can insert Big Tech company really serve you best when its people are home half the time?That doesn't mean it will go over well. Experts cautioned that the cost of calling workers back to their cubicles five days a week could also be high enough in terms of morale and retention that <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-return-to-office-mandate-bosses-morale-productivity-2024-9">bosses should tread carefully</a>. Employees will also point to the time lost commuting and say their productivity hasn't dropped when working from home.Meanwhile, employers will use words like "culture" and "collaborate" as reasons for getting everyone in the office. 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Bengaluru, The <keyword id="16816527" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="propulsion-module" source="Orion">Propulsion Module</keyword> (PM) of Chandrayaan-3 has been moved from an orbit around the Moon to an orbit around Earth, <keyword id="6358064" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="isro" source="Orion">ISRO</keyword> has said, terming the operation a unique experiment. The primary objective of the <keyword id="15331763" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="chandrayaan-3-mission" source="Orion">Chandrayaan-3 mission</keyword> was to demonstrate a soft landing near the lunar south polar region and perform experiments using the instruments on the 'Vikram' lander and the 'Pragyan' rover. The spacecraft was launched on July 14, 2023, on board the LVM3-M4 vehicle from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC-SHAR). On August 23, the Vikram lander made its historic touchdown on the Moon and subsequently, the Pragyan rover was deployed. The scientific instruments in the lander and rover were operated continuously for one lunar day as per the defined mission life. "The mission objectives of Chandrayaan-3 have been completely met," the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said in a statement. For the Propulsion Module, the main objective was to ferry the lander module from the Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) to the final lunar polar circular orbit and separate the lander, it said. After the separation, the Spectro-polarimetry of HAbitable Planet Earth (SHAPE) payload in the PM was also operated, the space agency said. The initial plan was to operate this payload for about three months during the mission life of the PM. The precise orbit injection by LVM3 and optimal earth or lunar burn manoeuvres resulted in the availability of over 100 kg of fuel in the PM after over one month of operations in the lunar orbit, it added. ISRO said that it was decided to use the available fuel in the PM to derive additional information for future lunar missions and demonstrate the mission operation strategies for a sample return mission. To continue the SHAPE payload for earth observation, it was decided to re-orbit the PM to a suitable earth orbit. This mission plan was worked out considering collision avoidance such as preventing the PM from crashing onto the Moon's surface or entering into the Earth's Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO) belt at 36,000 km and orbits below that, the statement said. Considering the estimated fuel availability and the safety of the GEO spacecraft, the optimal earth return trajectory was designed for October 2023. The first maneuver was performed on October 9, 2023, to raise apolune altitude to 5,112 km from 150 km thus increasing the period of orbit from 2.1 hours to 7.2 hours. Later, considering the estimate of available propellant, the second manoeuvre plan was revised to target an Earth orbit of 1.8 lakh x 3.8 lakh km. The Trans-Earthinjection (TEI) maneuver was performed on October 13, 2023. In the post-TEI manoeuvre realised orbit, the PM made four Moon fly-bys before departing the sphere of influence (SOI) of the Moon on November 10. Currently, the PM is orbiting Earth and crossed its first perigee on November 22 with an altitude of 1.54 lakh km. The orbit period is nearly 13 days with a 27-degree inclination. The perigee and apogee altitude vary during its trajectory and the predicted minimum perigee altitude is 1.15 lakh km, ISRO said. "Hence as per current orbit prediction, there is no threat of close approach with any operational Earth-orbiting satellites," it said. As per the plan, the SHAPE payload is being operated whenever Earth is in its field of view. Also, a special operation of the SHAPE payload was carried out on October 28, 2023, during a solar eclipse. The SHAPE payload operations will continue further, the statement added. "UR Rao Satellite Centre/ISRO's flight dynamics team has developed an analysis tool from first principles for this operation which is being validated through the return maneuvers carried out for the Chandrayaan-3 PM," ISRO said. According to ISRO, the following are the main outcomes of the return manoeuvres carried out on the PM related to future missions: Planning and execution of trajectory and manoeuvres to return from the Moon to Earth; development of a software module to plan such a manoeuvre and its preliminary validation; planning and execution of a gravity-assisted fly-by across a planet or celestial body; and avoiding uncontrolled crashing of the PM onto the Moon's surface at the end of life of the PM thus meeting the requirements of no debris creation.

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