FAQ About The James Webb Space Telescope

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2 years ago | alfred

How far is the James Webb telescope from Earth?

The telescope was placed in orbit more than one and a half million kilometers from Earth, about four times as far away as the moon. Unlike “Hubble,” the “James Webb” telescope does not revolve around the earth, but around the sun.

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