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The 24-M Diameter Hubble Space Telescope Has Been Placed into Earth

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The 2.4-m diameter Hubble space telescope has been placed into Earth orbit by the space shuttle.Assuming a wavelength of 653 nm,what angular resolution could this telescope achieve by Rayleigh's criterion? (1 nm = 10-9 m)


A) 3.7 x 10-6 rad
B) 4.5 x 10-6 rad
C) 2.7 x 10-6 rad
D) 3.3 x 10-7 rad

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