you have a telescope like that of Galileo (with 20 mm aperture) and you know that the moon is about 385,000 km from Earth now and that you can use 500 nano meter for the wavelength of visible light. what is the smallest surface feature you can observe on the moon? Choose the closest answer 15.55 km 9.33 km 7.78 km 11.66 km 6.67 km

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