The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a reflecting telescope. Specifically, it is a large, space-based observatory that uses mirrors to gather and focus light from distant objects in space. Reflecting telescopes like Hubble use curved mirrors to capture and reflect light to form images, unlike refracting telescopes that use lenses. Hubble's primary mirror is 2.4 meters (7.9 feet) in diameter and is used to collect light from celestial objects, allowing astronomers to study the universe in visible, ultraviolet, and near-infrared wavelengths.

The HST is a consumption tax that applies to a wide range of goods and services, and it typically imposes a uniform rate on everyone, regardless of their income level.

The social disadvantage arises because consumption taxes like the HST tend to place a proportionately higher burden on lower-income individuals and families. This is because those with lower incomes spend a larger portion of their earnings on goods and services subject to the tax, whereas higher-income individuals can save or invest more of their income, reducing the percentage of their income that goes towards taxed consumption.

As a result, the HST can contribute to income inequality by disproportionately affecting those who can least afford it. This can exacerbate social and economic disparities by reducing the purchasing power of low-income households and potentially widening the wealth gap in society. To mitigate this disadvantage, policymakers may implement measures such as exemptions, rebates, or targeted credits to lessen the impact of consumption taxes on vulnerable populations.

The Hubble telescope named after famous scientist, Edwin Hubble has solar panels attached to it which converts sunlight and UV rays into electricity

As far as we know, the farthest that human beings have gone from the earth's surface has been in the Apollo command modules that orbited around the far side of the moon. Give them credit for maybe a quarter million miles from earth ... 250,000 miles. -- about 1 percent of the distance to Venus when it's closest to earth; -- about 1/2 percent of the distance to Mars when it's closest to earth; -- about 1/4 percent of the distance to the sun.

No. The Hubble Space Telescope was built on Earth and launched into space. It is about the size of a bus.

Mercury orbits very close to the Sun and looking near to the Sun could damage the telescope.

Otherwise it won't remain pointed at the same spot in space any longer.

Edwin Hubble started his work at the University of Chicago, but he also spent some time a Oxford in England. He also founded the Mount Wilson Observatory in California and worked at the Mount Palomar Observatories, also in California.

Impossible to answer !... The Hubble Space Telescope is not located at a fixed point (geo-stationary orbit). It orbits the earth once every 95 minutes (approx) - at an inclination of 28.5 degrees. Therefore - although its position relative to the equator is fixed - it travels across the visible sky.

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