Imagine that you are the head of a funding agency that can afford to build only one telescope. Which of the four proposed telescopes below would be best to support? A. a radio telescope in orbit above the Earth B. A gamma ray telescope in orbit above the Earth O C. An x-ray telescope located on a mountain in Peru OD.An ultraviolet telescope located in the Mojave desert

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