stubby Hubble

noun

A spy satellite with a design similar to the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Meanings

nounstubby Hubble (plural stubby Hubbles)

plural stubby Hubbles

  1. USinformalspace flightespionageA spy satellite with a design similar to the Hubble Space Telescope.
  2. USbroadlyspace flightespionageA satellite of this class, with a shorter telescope tube than Hubble, similar mirror-size class, and wider field-of-view.

Origin

stubby + Hubble. From being a telescope similar to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), with a shortened tube (ie. a stub). The HST itself is named after American astronomer Edwin Hubble.

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APA

stubby Hubble. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stubby%20Hubble

MLA

“stubby Hubble.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stubby%20Hubble. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stubby Hubble,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stubby%20Hubble.

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