Explain how adaptive optics works
What will be an ideal response?
Adaptive optics corrects for atmospheric distortion by following the distortion of a bright star, possibly an artificial star created by a laser, and rapidly changing the shape of a mirror using computer-controlled actuators to compensate for the distortion.
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a. the ratio of the longest diameter of the ellipse to that of the shortest diameter of the ellipse. b. half the length of the shortest diameter of the ellipse. c. half the length of the longest diameter of the ellipse. d. the distance between the two foci of the ellipse. e. the ratio of the distance between the two foci to the length of half the longest diameter of the ellipse.
Based on its surface features, the most important event on Venus in the past billion years or so was
A) a global "repaving" that erased essentially all the surface features that had existed earlier. B) the eruption of a giant volcano that formed one of Venus's "continents." C) the impact of an unusually large asteroid that left a deep scar on one side of the planet. D) the onset of mantle convection, which caused Venus's lithosphere to split into plates like those on Earth.
A 15-kg child is sitting on a playground teeter-totter, 1.5 m from the pivot. What is the magnitude of the minimum force, applied 0.30 m on the other side of the pivot, that is needed to make the child lift off the ground?
A) 66 N B) 23 N C) 75 N D) 740 N E) 44 N
A charge of 80 nC is uniformly distributed along the x axis from x = 0 to x = 2.0 m. Determine the magnitude of the electric field at a point on the x axis with x = 8.0 m
a. 30 N/C b. 15 N/C c. 48 N/C d. 90 N/C e. 60 N/C