Whatwere the purpose of placing Hubble Space Telescope in orbit? Maintenance on the telescope is easier to do in Earth orbit than on the Earth's surface. To be closer to the stars To eliminate the distorting effect of the Earth's atmosphere to detect IR, which most of IR can not penetrate the Earth's atmosphere To detect X-rays, which cannot penetrate the Earth's atmosphere

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Whatwere the purpose of placing Hubble Space Telescope in orbit?
Maintenance on the telescope is easier to do in Earth orbit than on the Earth's surface.
To be closer to the stars
To eliminate the distorting effect of the Earth's atmosphere
to detect IR, which most of IR can not penetrate the Earth's atmosphere
To detect X-rays, which cannot penetrate the Earth's atmosphere
Transcribed Image Text:Whatwere the purpose of placing Hubble Space Telescope in orbit? Maintenance on the telescope is easier to do in Earth orbit than on the Earth's surface. To be closer to the stars To eliminate the distorting effect of the Earth's atmosphere to detect IR, which most of IR can not penetrate the Earth's atmosphere To detect X-rays, which cannot penetrate the Earth's atmosphere
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