Multiple Choice
The 305-meter Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico has a resolution that is closest to that of:
A) the Hubble Space Telescope (0.1 arcsec)
B) a human eye (1 arcmin)
C) the Chandra X-ray telescope (0.5 arcsec)
D) a 1-meter optical telescope (1 arcsec)
E) one of the 10-meter Keck telescopes (0.0133 arcsec)
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