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Mashaal Masha
Feb 03, 2024
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is projected to maintain operation until at least 2030, but it has already revolutionized high-resolution imaging of solar-system bodies in visible and ultraviolet (UV) light wavelengths, notwithstanding that only about 6% of the bodies imaged by the HST are within the solar system. NASA researcher Cindy L. Young and colleagues assert that a new space telescope dedicated exclusively to solar-system observations would permit an extensive survey of minor solar-system bodies and long-term UV observation to discern how solar-system bodies change over time. Young and colleagues' recommendation therefore implies that the HST _______
Which choice most logically completes the text?
Difficulty: Hard
A:
will likely continue to be used primarily to observe objects outside the solar system.
B:
will no longer be used to observe solar system objects if the telescope recommended by Young and colleagues is deployed.
C:
can be modified to observe the features of solar system objects that are of interest to Young and colleagues.
D:
lacks the sensors to observe the wavelengths of light needed to discern how solar system bodies change over time.
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