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What diameter telescope (in meters) would you need to observe Olympus Mons (624 km in diameter) from Earth at a wavelength of 550 nm when Mars is \(2.65 \times 10^8\) km away?
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What diameter telescope (in meters) would you need to observe Olympus Mons (624 km in diameter) from Earth at a wavelength of 550 nm when Mars is \(2.65 \times 10^8\) km away?
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