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Name the person who invented the telescope.

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Galileo Galilei
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Hans Lippershey
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Sir Issac Newton
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Homi J. Bhabha
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The correct option is B Hans Lippershey
In 1608, spectacle maker and researcher, Hans Lippershey discovered that seeing through two lenses kept one behind the other, seems to bring objects closer to us.

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