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Author: Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille
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Suppose a 5.00-m-diameter telescope were constructed on the Moon, where the absence of atmospheric distortion would permit excellent viewing. If observations were made using 500-nm light, what minimum separation between two objects could just be resolved on Mars at closest approach (when Mars is 8.0 × 107 km from the Moon)?
Pluto and its moon Charon are separated by 19600 km. An undergraduate researcher wants to determine if the 5.08 m diameter Mount Palomar telescope can resolve these bodies when they are 5.40×109 km from Earth (neglecting atmospheric effects). Assume an average wavelength of 545 nm.
To determine the answer, calculate the ratio of the telescope's angular resolution ?T to the angular separation ?PC of the celestial bodies.
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