Chapter 36, Problem 025 Find the separation of two points on the Moon's surface that can just be resolved by a telescope with a mirror diameter of 7.0 m, assuming that this separation is determined by diffraction effects. The distance from Earth to the Moon is 3.82 × 105 km. Assume a wavelength of 550 nm. Number Units
Chapter 36, Problem 025 Find the separation of two points on the Moon's surface that can just be resolved by a telescope with a mirror diameter of 7.0 m, assuming that this separation is determined by diffraction effects. The distance from Earth to the Moon is 3.82 × 105 km. Assume a wavelength of 550 nm. Number Units
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![Chapter 36, Problem 025
Find the separation of two points on the Moon's surface that can just be resolved
by a telescope with a mirror diameter of 7.0 m, assuming that this separation is
determined by diffraction effects. The distance from Earth to the Moon is 3.82 ×
105 km. Assume a wavelength of 550 nm.
Number
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Transcribed Image Text:Chapter 36, Problem 025
Find the separation of two points on the Moon's surface that can just be resolved
by a telescope with a mirror diameter of 7.0 m, assuming that this separation is
determined by diffraction effects. The distance from Earth to the Moon is 3.82 ×
105 km. Assume a wavelength of 550 nm.
Number
Units
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