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Imagine that you are the head of a funding agency that can afford to build one telescope. Which of the following proposed telescopes would be best to support?

a. A radio telescope in orbit around the Earth
b. An ultraviolet telescope in orbit around the Earth
c. An X-ray telescope located in New Mexico

User Solsberg
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Answer:

b. An ultraviolet telescope in orbit around the Earth

Step-by-step explanation:

Ultraviolet telescope is a type of telescope which is used to determine a ultraviolet portion present in electromagnetic spectrum, that is between the portion seen as visible light portion and X-rays portion.

An ultraviolet telescope should be placed at the earth's orbit because earth have a ozone layer of its own. The ozone layer helps to filter most of the ultraviolet rays coming towards it.

Thus the correct option is (b).

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