You are asked to design a space telescope for earth orbit. When Jupiter is 5.93 * 10^8 km away (its closest approach to the earth), the telescope is to resolve, by Rayleigh’s criterion, features on Jupiter that are 250 km apart. What minimum-diameter mirror is required? Assume a wavelength of 500 nm.

You are asked to design a space telescope for earth orbit. When Jupiter is 5.93 * 10^8 km away (its closest approach to the earth), the telescope is to resolve, by Rayleigh’s criterion, features on Jupiter that are 250 km apart. What minimum-diameter mirror is required? Assume a wavelength of 500 nm.

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You are asked to design a space telescope
for earth orbit. When Jupiter is 5.93 * 10^8 km away (its closest approach
to the earth), the telescope is to resolve, by Rayleigh’s criterion,
features on Jupiter that are 250 km apart. What minimum-diameter mirror
is required? Assume a wavelength of 500 nm.

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