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Name[]
- Spitzer Space Telescope
Characteristics[]
- Launch Date = 25 August 2003[1]
- Telescope = 85 cm diameter (33.5 Inches)[1]
- Launch Mass = 950 kg (2094 lb)[1]
About the space telescope[]
- In 2005 it is the first telescope to directly capture the light from exoplanets, namely the HD 209458 b and TrES-1.[2]
- Made the first-ever map of the surface of an exoplanet, which shows temperature variations across the upper atmosphere of the gas giant HD 189733 b.[1]
Images taken with the telescope[]
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