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What is the focal length of the JWT?
13.14 meters
1,314 meters
1.314 meters
131.4 meters
2
The primary mirror on the JWT is covered in
gold
titanium
bronze
silver
3
What type of light is the JWT designed to detect?
tik tok videos
visible
infrared
radio frequency
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How many layers does the sunshield on the JWT have?
5
7
8
6
5
How many single point failures did JWT have?
3,444
34,444
34
344
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How long does it take light from the sun to reach the earth?
10 mins
8 mins
6 mins
12 min
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Who is the primary contractor responsible for builidng JWT
Northrup Gruman
Boeing
Apple
Northside College Prep Robotics Team
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What is the JWT orbiting?
The Sun
The Moon
The Earth
Millenium Park
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The further an object is away, the ____________ it appears to a telescope
browner
bluer
greener
redder
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What hurricane almost destroyed the JWT?
Katrina
Harvey
Ian
Sandy
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The side of the telescope facing the sun can get how hot?
230 degrees F
100 degrees F
5000 degrees F
400 degrees F
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What state was Sen. Barbara Mikluski from?
Illinois
New York
Maryland
Canada
13
The JWT is orbiting at a distance 1.5 million km from earth. This is also known as the
ABCDEFG point
L1 point
L3 point
L2 point
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Where did the JWT launch from?
Cape Canavaral, Florida
French Guiana
Houston, Texas
The White House
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Hubble was able to see images from how many years after the big bang?
400 million years
200 million years
500 million years
300 million years
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James Webb was a
President of the United States
FBI agent
CPS teacher
NASA administrator
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How tall is the JWT?
28 miles
28 yards
28 meters
28 feet
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what is the operating temperature of the JWT
-370 K
-370 C
it broke, so there's no operating temperature
-370 F
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what is the mass of the primary mirror on the JWT?
705 grams
705 tons
705 lbs
705 kg
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What year did the Hubble Telescope capture the Hubble Deep Field image?
1985
1995
1905
2005
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How many segments are on the primary mirror?
2
18
pi (roughly 3.14)
800
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What year did the JWT launch?
It hasn't launched yet
2020
2021
2022
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How many miles from the earth is the JWT orbiting?
1,500,000 miles
15,000 miles
150,000 miles
15,000,000 miles
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What year was the JWT project formally proposed
1996
1906
2006
2016
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When were the first images from the JWT shared with the public?
July 12, 2022
Trick question - the images are a hoax
July 15, 2022
July 4, 2022
