The clearest images of Uranus shown in the text have been obtained using:

A) the Hubble Space Telescope.
B) infrared ground- based telescopes at the Keck Observatory.
C) the Pioneer Spacecraft.
D) the Cassini Spacecraft.
E) visible light ground-based telescopes at the European Southern Observatory.


B

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