Jame Web Telescope

Question 1

The picture of galaxy cluster taken by JWT is how many years old

Answer 1

4.6 billion

Question 2

The telescope is the result of an international collaboration between

Answer 2

NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency which was launched in December 2021.

Question 3

It is currently at a point in space known as the Sun-Earth ____ Lagrange point, approximately 1.5 million km beyond Earth’s orbit around the Sun.

Answer 3

L2 Lagrange point

Named after Italian-French mathematician Josephy-Louis Lagrange

Question 4

The goals for the Webb can be grouped into four themes.

Answer 4

The first is to look back around 13.5 billion years
.
Second, to compare the faintest, earliest galaxies to today’s grand spirals

Third, to see where stars and planetary systems are being born.

Fourth, to observe the atmospheres of extrasolar planets (beyond our solar system),

Question 5

JWT will operate in ehich range of electromagnetic spectrum

Answer 5

Infra red

Question 6

JWT was launched by which roc ket

Answer 6

launched on anAriane 5 ECA rocketfrom French Guiana in South America