You have a radio telescope that you are designing to observe the fine details of the ring of hydrogenaround Jupiter (yes, Jupiter does have rings, but not as pretty as Saturn.) Jupiter is about 5.93E8 kmfrom Earth. If you are trying to observe gas structures the size of a small town (about 1.0 km across)and the wavelength of hydrogen alpha is 656.28 nm, then what is the minimum diameter that youwould need to have for your telescope to resolve the needed details to Rayleigh criterion?

Distance of jupiter from earth = 5.93 x 108 km Gas structure size ~ 1km Wavelength of hydrogen alpha…

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