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Hubble Sees a Distant Planet

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For this Hubble telescope worksheet, students solve 4 problems about the image of the distant planet the Hubble telescope discovered. Students determine the distance the planet was from its star in 2006, they determine the planet's movement and its speed between 2004 and 2006 and they determine how many years it will take the planet to orbit around its star.

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