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About 93,000,000 miles. It is in "low earth orbit" which means it is around 400 miles +/- a few, above the earth.
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How do you study the sun from outer space?
the hubble telescope
What is the energy source for Hubble Space Telescope?
The sun.
Is the sun bigger than hubble telescope?
yes
How far above earth does the hubble space telescope orbit?
The Hubble Space Telescope is 600km above the Earth's surface.
How far can hubble telescope see into space?
The Hubble Space Telescope can see out to a distance of several billions of light-years.
How does the Hubble telescope get the energy it needs to work?
I think that that Hubble telescope uses sun's light energy which then is used to make electricity.
What is an inexhaustible energy that is used to power the Hubble Space Telescope?
There's no such thing as "inexhaustible energy". However, the Hubble is powered by solar cells, and the Sun is expected to last billions of years longer than the Hubble itself, so as far as the telescope is concerned it's "inexhaustible".
Why can't the Hubble telescope see mercury?
The Hubble Space Telescope can't view the Sun directly as its brightness would damage the delicate instruments. Hubble can't view Mercury because it orbits too close to the Sun.
How far is Hubble telescope from the black hole?
Idont know
What was the effect of the Hubble space telescope on society?
The Hubble space telescope changed the way we look at our universe. It revolves directly above our earth it was the first telescope that took amazing pictures of far away galaxies and dust and gas figures. The Hubble telescope was created by Edwin P. Hubble.
What is the distance from the sun and the Hubble telescope?
The distance is about 5,000 miles, why do you ask?
How far is Hubble telescope from earth?
Hubble's orbit is 366 miles (589 kilometers) above Earth
