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Originally Posted by Mortal1
Perhaps it's nearer than any other telescope....since you say that is further then you might clarify in comparison to what? it seems naturally the assumption that "near" was in relation to something not mentioned in your post.
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The newspaper just says "New space telescope reaches final stop near Sun" - so it claims it is "near" the Sun, not nearer the Sun than something else
and since L2 is 1 million miles from the Earth on the non-Sunny side, every telescope on Earth is nearer the Sun than this one