There are ground-based telescopes much larger than Hubble, yet the HST still reveals the faintest objects yet seen. Explain

What will be an ideal response?


In space, HST can operate close to its diffraction limit without the losses due to atmospheric turbulence. This allows it to produce sharper images of fainter objects.

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An antitank weapon fires a 3.0 kg rocket which acquires a speed of 50. m/s after traveling 90. cm down a launching tube. Assuming the rocket was accelerated uniformly, what force acted on it?

A) 4.2 kN B) 3.6 kN C) 2.8 kN D) 2.0 kN E) 5.8 kN

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The allowed values for the magnetic quantum number, m?, are from m? = -? to +?

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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A 3.00-kg stone is dropped from a 39.2 m high building. When the stone has fallen 19.6 m, the magnitude of the impulse the Earth has received from the gravitational force exerted by the stone is

a. 9.80 N s. b. 19.6 N s. c. 29.4 N s. d. 58.8 N s. e. 118 N s.

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