College Physics: A Strategic Approach (3rd Edition)
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Chapter 19, Problem 24MCQ
An amateur astronomer looks at the moon through a telescope with a 15-cm-diameter objective. What is the minimum separation between two objects on the moon that she can resolve with this telescope? Assume her eye is most sensitive to light with a wavelength of 550 nm.
A. 120m
B. 1.7 km
C. 26 km
D. 520 km
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