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The Objective and the Eyepiece of a Refracting Astronomical Telescope 320 cm320 \mathrm {~cm}

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The objective and the eyepiece of a refracting astronomical telescope have focal lengths of 320 cm320 \mathrm {~cm} and 4.0 cm4.0 \mathrm {~cm} , respectively. The telescope is used to view Neptune and the final image is set at infinity. The diameter of Neptune is 4.96×107 m4.96 \times 10 ^ { 7 } \mathrm {~m} , and its distance from Earth at the time of observation is 4.4×1012 m4.4 \times 10 ^ { 12 } \mathrm {~m} . What is the angle (in milliradians) subtended by the final telescopic image of Neptune?


A) 1.1mrad1.1 \mathrm { mrad }
B) 1.3mrad1.3 \mathrm { mrad }
C) 1.5mrad1.5 \mathrm { mrad }
D) 0.90mrad0.90 \mathrm { mrad }
E) 1.7mrad1.7 \mathrm { mrad }

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