[jun]SPITZER TELESCOPE Flashcards
1
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Context?
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will be retired on January 30, 2020
2
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Launched
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2003,
3
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Key achievements?
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- revealed a new ring around Saturn
- assisted in the discovery of planets beyond our solar system, including the detection of seven Earth-size planets orbiting the star TRAPPIST-1
4
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About Spitzer?
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-Lunched to study the universe in the infrared,It is the last mission of the NASA Great Observatories program
5
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Function?
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- Spitzer focuses on the infrared band, which normally represents heat radiation from objects. The other observatories looked at visible light (Hubble, still operational), gamma-rays (Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory, no longer operational) and X-rays (the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, still operational.)
- Basically ha group ahe telescopes cha,pratyekacha kaam fakt vegala vegala ahe pan.