College Physics (10th Edition)
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Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
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Chapter 24, Problem 12CQ
Optical telescopes having a principal mirror only a few meters in diameter can produce extremely sharp images, yet radio telescopes need to be hundreds (or even thousands) of meters in diameter to make sharp images. Why do they need to be so much larger than optical telescopes?
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College Physics (10th Edition)
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