The large space telescope that has been placed into an Earth orbit has an aperture diameter of 2.40 meters. What angular resolution will this telescope achieve for visible light of wavelength l = 4.80 × 10^-7 m?
a. 2.44 × 10^-7 rads
b. 2.44 × 10^-4 rads
c. 2.44 × 10^-3 rads
d. 1.22 × 10^-6 rads
e. 2.00 × 10^-6 rads
A
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