Which of the following primarily determines the resolution of a telescope?

a. the barrel length
b. the focal length of the objective
c. the diameter of the objective
d. the diameter of the eyepiece


c

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What will be an ideal response?

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Planet Zero has a mass of 4.0 × 10^23 kg and a radius of 2.0 × 10^6 m. A 10-kg space probe is launched vertically from the surface of Zero with an initial kinetic energy of 8.0 × 10^7 J. What maximum distance from the center of Zero is achieved by the probe?

a. 3.2 × 10^6 m b. 4.0 × 10^6 m c. 6.0 × 10^6 m d. 5.0 × 10^6 m e. 2.5 × 10^6 m

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